Some proof associated to the property purchased by Nawab Malik surfaced through the probe, officers mentioned.
Mumbai:
Nawab Malik, the second Maharashtra Minister to be arrested by a central probe company in 4 months, faces fees associated to a land deal involving terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.
The Enforcement Directorate claims Nawab Malik grabbed property in Mumbai’s Kurla price Rs 300 crore by merely paying Rs 55 lakh in 2005, by the assistance of Dawood Ibrahim’s sister, Haseena Parkar, and two associates.
The company is investigating money-laundering linked to the underworld and had not too long ago carried out a number of raids in addition to submitting instances in opposition to the underworld. Iqbal Kaskar, Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, was arrested within the case final week.
Some proof confirmed transactions between Nawab Malik and associates of Dawood Ibrahim, mentioned Enforcement Directorate sources.
The company first searched Nawab Malik briefly earlier than taking him to its south Mumbai workplace. The minister was arrested after 5 hours of questioning.
“He gave evasive replies and didn’t cooperate with us,” mentioned an official.
Sources additionally mentioned Nawab Malik was grilled over alleged transactions with Dawood Ibrahim’s associates and land offers.
Some proof associated to the property purchased by Nawab Malik surfaced through the investigation, officers mentioned.
Nawab Malik, a five-time MLA, is the nationwide spokesperson of Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP), which is part of Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena-led authorities. He’s the minister accountable for minority affairs.
He’s among the many most vocal critics of the BJP and in latest months, turned the face of the opposition’s allegations on the Centre over the medicine arrest of megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan by the Narcotics Management Bureau.
Reacting to the Enforcement Directorate’s transfer, Sharad Pawar mentioned, “Which case have they dug up? It’s easy. They take the identify of Dawood, particularly if there’s a Muslim activist (in opposition to whom a case is dug up)…There is no such thing as a relation (between the activist involved and underworld), however it’s executed.”
Final week, the Enforcement Directorate had carried out raids on the house of Dawood Ibrahim’s sister in Mumbai within the cash laundering case. The company had additionally questioned Dawood’s nephew and Parkar’s son Alishah Parkar and Chota Shakeel’s henchman, Salim Qureshi, additionally Salim Fruit.
