A particular court docket right here on Wednesday remanded Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik to the custody of Enforcement Directorate (ED) until March 3 in a cash laundering probe linked to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.
Malik was arrested earlier within the day after being questioned for about 5 hours on the ED workplace in south Mumbai’s Ballard Property space since round 8 am.
The 62-year-old NCP chief was produced earlier than particular Decide RN Rokade, who remanded him to ED custody until March 3 for additional probe into the matter. The cupboard minister’s assertion was recorded beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) and he was arrested beneath the identical provisions as he was evasive in his replies, ED officers stated.
The ED case is predicated on an FIR filed not too long ago by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) towards Ibrahim, a fugitive gangster, and others. The NIA had filed its felony criticism beneath sections of the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA).
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