New Delhi, July 23 (H.S.): The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding a petition by jailed hawala dealer Aslam Wani, who is seeking to quash a money laundering case against him. The next hearing is set for September 26.

Wani claims he was acquitted of terror funding charges by a trial court in 2010, while the money laundering case stems from a 2005 case and a subsequent registration in 2007. The High Court upheld his acquittal in 2017.

In September 2020, the ED filed a supplementary chargesheet naming Dr. Bilkis Shah as an accused, alleging she received 2 crore 8 lakh rupees from Wani and assisted Shabbir Shah, with no income tax returns filed since 2013.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar