ED Arrests NCP Leader Nawab Malik Over Money-Laundering Case

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday detained the National Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik in connection with the money laundering case linked to the activities of the underworld, fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.

In this regard, the Enforcement Directorate took Malik who is also a minister of Minority Development and Aukaf of Maharashtra, to their office Wednesday morning for interrogation.

As per reports, Malik was questioned over alleged transactions with the associates of gangster Dawood to which according to ED, the minister tried to avoid responding and denied cooperating.

After the questioning by the ED officials for hours the 62 years old Minister Malik was arrested later.

On getting arrested and while coming out from the ED office today, Malik said that he will not bow down, he will rather win by exposing everyone.

Malik was then taken inside a vehicle by the officials for a medical check-up.

The investigating agency summoned the Minister to its office for recording the statement by him under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The arrest of Malik comes after the ED officials filed a fresh case and raids were carried out in Mumbai city in relation to the underworld activities.

The central inquiry agency had then conducted several raids in more than ten different locations in the city that includes the areas having link with Dawood Ibrahim's late sister Haseena Parkar, brother Iqbal Kaskar and Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit, brother-in-law of gangster Chhota Shakeel.

The NCP leaders and Maharashtra Congress over the matter claimed that the whole process of arresting Nawab Malik by ED and the allegations against him are part of a revenge act.

On speaking about the arrest of Malik, Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi stated that it is an act of vendetta politics by the ruling BJP government.

It may be mentioned that Nawab Malik is the second state minister and NCP leader, who is detained by the central probe agency after Maharashtra MLA Anil Deshmukh.

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