ED questions Maha minister Nawab Malik in money laundering case
Mumbai Feb 23 PTI The ED on Wednesday questioned Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides officials said The 62-year-old NCP leader is stated to have arrived at the Enforcement Directorate office in south Mumbais Ballard Estate area around 8 AM and the agency is recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA they addedMaliks alleged links in relation to some property deals are said to be under the radar of the federal probe agency and hence his questioning was necessitatedThe minister had been in the news for the last few months after he made a number of personal and service-related allegations of wrongdoing against former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede These charges came soon after the NCB conducted raids at a cruise in October last year and arrested 20 people including actor Shah Rukh Khans Aryan KhanMaliks son-in-law Sameer Khan was also arrested in a drugs case by the Narcotics Control Bureaus Mumbai unit last yearThis ED action comes after the registration of a new case and raids conducted by it on February 15 in Mumbai in connection with the operations of the underworld Ibrahims aides linked alleged illegal property deals and hawala transactions The searches were conducted at 10 locations including premises linked to 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahims late sister Haseena Parkar brother Iqbal Kaskar and Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit brother-in-law of gangster Chhota ShakeelKaskar who was already in jail has been arrested by the agency last week It also questioned Salim Qureshi and Parkars son PTI NES DV DV
Mumbai Feb 23 PTI The ED on Wednesday questioned Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides officials said The 62-year-old NCP leader is stated to have arrived at the Enforcement Directorate office in south Mumbais Ballard Estate area around 8 AM and the agency is recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA they addedMaliks alleged links in relation to some property deals are said to be under the radar of the federal probe agency and hence his questioning was necessitatedThe minister had been in the news for the last few months after he made a number of personal and service-related allegations of wrongdoing against former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede These charges came soon after the NCB conducted raids at a cruise in October last year and arrested 20 people including actor Shah Rukh Khans Aryan KhanMaliks son-in-law Sameer Khan was also arrested in a drugs case by the Narcotics Control Bureaus Mumbai unit last yearThis ED action comes after the registration of a new case and raids conducted by it on February 15 in Mumbai in connection with the operations of the underworld Ibrahims aides linked alleged illegal property deals and hawala transactions The searches were conducted at 10 locations including premises linked to 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahims late sister Haseena Parkar brother Iqbal Kaskar and Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit brother-in-law of gangster Chhota ShakeelKaskar who was already in jail has been arrested by the agency last week It also questioned Salim Qureshi and Parkars son PTI NES DV DV
