The Delhi Police has started a search operation for Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan. He is accused of leading an attack on a police team and threatening them in Jamia Nagar, according to news agency ANI.

However, India Today stated that Amanatullah Khan Khan has denied rumours that he is evading arrest. The AAP leader said he was not hiding and accused the police of wrongly accusing him in a letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner. "I am in my Assembly constituency, I am not in hiding. The person whom the Delhi Police came to arrest is out on bail. The police is implicating me in this false case to hide their mistake," the Okhla MLA wrote, as quoted by India Today. Amanatullah Khan won the Okhla seat again in the February 5 Assembly elections, defeating his opponent by 23,639 votes. However, his party, AAP, suffered a big loss, winning only 22 seats—far fewer than the 62 it had before. Meanwhile, the BJP won 48 seats, bringing it back to power in Delhi after 27 years. 

Amanatullah Khan won the Okhla seat again in the February 5 Assembly elections, defeating his opponent by 23,639 votes. However, his party, AAP, suffered a big loss, winning only 22 seats—far fewer than the 62 it had before. Meanwhile, the BJP won 48 seats, bringing it back to power in Delhi after 27 years. An FIR has been registered against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan for allegedly threatening and manhandling the police while trying to stop them from arresting a suspect in a 2018 attempted murder case. The case includes multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS). On February 10, around 3 PM, a Crime Branch team went to the Jogabai Extension area of Jamia Nagar to arrest Shavez Khan. While questioning him, Amanatullah Khan and 20-25 of his supporters allegedly confronted the police, threatened them, and took Shavez away by force. According to the FIR, Khan and his group stated that they "don’t value courts" and pushed and shoved the officers.

Khan has been evading arrest ever since the event. In relation to the issue, Delhi Police officers paid him a visit at his home on Monday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East Delhi) Ravi Kumar Singh affirmed that Amanatullah Khan and Shavez Khan are being searched. “A team of Crime Branch had come to nab a proclaimed offender, Shavez Khan. While he was being questioned, Amanatullah Khan came here along with his supporters and freed him. He (Shavez Khan) has been absconding since then. We are undertaking legal proceedings. All necessary legal actions will be taken... Efforts are being made to establish contact with him (Amanatullah Khan), it is yet to go through...The investigation is underway,” he told ANI.