ACB planting fake news against Amanatullah Khan, says AAP
The Hindu
Party leaders allege ‘BJP conspiracy to poach MLAs’; BJP says AAP defending Khan is ‘regrettable’
The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday said the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) found nothing at its MLA Amanatullah Khan’s house but lies are being spread to malign the party.
It alleged that the arrest of Mr. Khan was part of the “BJP’s conspiracy” to poach AAP legislators and topple the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi under ‘Operation Lotus’.
“First, they arrested [Delhi Health Minister] Satyendar Jain. They are not able to present any evidence despite the court repeatedly asking for it. Then, [Deputy Chief Minister] Manish's [Sisodia] residence was raided, nothing was found there. Now, Amanatullah has been arrested. More MLAs will now be arrested. Looks like they [BJP] are going through a lot of trouble in Gujarat,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.
Reacting to the Mr. Khan’s arrest, Mr. Sisodia tweeted that “Operation Lotus is on to break every AAP leader”.
AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj accused the ACB of planting fake news in the media that its team has found cash and arms at Mr. Khan’s house.
The anti-graft body arrested Mr. Khan, who is also the chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board, on Friday in connection with a complaint alleging illegal appointments and unauthorised renting out of Waqf properties in the city. It got two FIRs registered under Arms Act pertaining to the recovery of illegal weapons during its raids to four premises linked to Mr. Khan. Another FIR was registered against unidentified people for allegedly obstructing the ACB team from discharging its duties.
Mr. Bharadwaj said the FIR under Arms Act was filed against two other persons and not Mr. Khan.
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