Money laundering case Dawoods brother Kaskar sent in judicial custody
Mumbai Feb 24 PTI A special PMLA court here on Thursday sent Iqbal Kaskar the brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim in 14-day judicial custody in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the activities of Ibrahim and his aides The Enforcement Directorate which is conducting a money laundering probe into the underworld-linked property and hawala deals had last Friday placed Kaskar under arrest after taking him custody from the Taloja jail neighbouring Navi Mumbai where he was lodged in connection with multiple extortion cases against him On Thursday Kaskar was produced before special judge M G Deshpande at the end of his ED custody As no further remand was sought by the central probe agency the court sent him in judicial custody On Wednesday the ED arrested Maharashtras Minority Affairs Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in connection with the money laundering probe linked to the activities of Dawood Ibrahim his aides and the Mumbai underworld A special PMLA court had remanded Malik the agencys custody till March 3 The ED is conducting a probe into the operations of the underworld and linked illegal property deals and hawala transactions Last week it raided some locations in Mumbai including those linked to Dawood Ibrahims late sister Haseena Parkar Kaskar and a brother-in-law of gangster Chota Shakeel The action was undertaken under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA The EDs case is based on an FIR filed recently by the National Investigation Agency NIA against 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim and others The NIA had filed its criminal complaint under sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA PTI AVI GK GK
Mumbai Feb 24 PTI A special PMLA court here on Thursday sent Iqbal Kaskar the brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim in 14-day judicial custody in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the activities of Ibrahim and his aides The Enforcement Directorate which is conducting a money laundering probe into the underworld-linked property and hawala deals had last Friday placed Kaskar under arrest after taking him custody from the Taloja jail neighbouring Navi Mumbai where he was lodged in connection with multiple extortion cases against him On Thursday Kaskar was produced before special judge M G Deshpande at the end of his ED custody As no further remand was sought by the central probe agency the court sent him in judicial custody On Wednesday the ED arrested Maharashtras Minority Affairs Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in connection with the money laundering probe linked to the activities of Dawood Ibrahim his aides and the Mumbai underworld A special PMLA court had remanded Malik the agencys custody till March 3 The ED is conducting a probe into the operations of the underworld and linked illegal property deals and hawala transactions Last week it raided some locations in Mumbai including those linked to Dawood Ibrahims late sister Haseena Parkar Kaskar and a brother-in-law of gangster Chota Shakeel The action was undertaken under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA The EDs case is based on an FIR filed recently by the National Investigation Agency NIA against 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim and others The NIA had filed its criminal complaint under sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA PTI AVI GK GK
