The Supreme Court has granted bail to Zeeshan Haider and Dawood Nasir, who are in jail in connection with a money laundering case related to irregularities in recruitment at the Delhi Waqf Board. The court noted that both accused have been in jail for a significant period, and there is currently no possibility of starting their trial soon.
A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice AG Masih said that both Zeeshan Haider and Dawood Nasir should appear before the special judge within a week to complete the bail formalities. The case involves 29 witnesses and over 50,000 documents totaling 4,000 pages, which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has presented as evidence.
The CBI had registered an FIR on November 23, 2016, and after investigation, filed a chargesheet on August 21, 2022. The ED subsequently filed a money laundering case under the same investigation. The Rouse Avenue Court has taken cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the ED on January 9, 2023.
In the nearly 5,000-page chargesheet, the ED named Zeeshan Haider, Dawood Nasir, Kausar Imam Siddiqui, Javed Imam Siddiqui, and the partnership firm Sky Power as accused. The ED accused AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan of illegally leasing Waqf Board properties and taking money for illegal recruitment between 2018 and 2022.
The Delhi Police initially registered three cases, followed by the CBI’s investigation. In October 2023, after raids on properties linked to Amanatullah Khan, the ED claimed that the AAP MLA had earned substantial amounts from illegal recruitment and invested it in real estate.
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