Mumbai Feb 23 PTI Some superheroes dont wear capes they are called dad said Nilofer Malik daughter of Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate ED on Wednesday The ED arrested Malik after questioning him for about five hours at its office in south Mumbais Ballard Estate area in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides The 62-year-old NCP leader was later produced before special Judge R N Rokade who remanded him to ED custody till March 3 for further probe into the matter When the minister was brought to the court Nilofer who was waiting on the premises got an opportunity to meet her father although briefly When the EDs vehicle carrying Malik entered the court premises and stopped Nilofer could not stop her tears She went close to the SUV held her fathers hand and hugged him after opening the vehicles door She then kissed her fathers hand and raised her clenched fist to show her support A video of the emotional moment between the father-daughter duo was later circulated on social media Along with Nilofer Maliks another daughter was also present inside the court during the hearing After the brief meeting with her father Nilofer said in a tweet Some superheroes dont wear capesThey are called Dad with hashtags NawabMalikMyHero NawabMalik WeStandWithNawabMalik PTI DC NP NP

Mumbai Feb 23 PTI The Enforcement Directorate ED arrested Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik on Wednesday in a money-laundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides officials said The 62-year-old NCP leader was taken into custody after he was questioned for about five hours at the ED office in south Mumbais Ballard Estate area since around 8 AM His statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA and he was arrested under the same provisions as he was evasive in his replies the officials said His party said he was taken by the ED from his residence at around 6 AM PTI NES RT RT

Mumbai Feb 23 PTI Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik who was on Wednesday arrested in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld said he wont bow down We will fight and win We wont bow down Malik said waving to waiting media as he stepped out of the ED office in south Mumbai after spending eight hours there Malik was then taken by ED officials in a vehicle for medical check-up sources said The 62-year-old NCP leader arrived at the Enforcement Directorate office in south Mumbais Ballard Estate area around 8 am and the agency officials recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PTI DC VT VT VT

Mumbai Oct 27 PTI The NCBs Deputy Director General DDG-northern region Gyaneshwar Singh who is heading the departmental vigilance probe into allegations of extortion in the drugs-on-cruise case arrived at the agencys office here on Wednesday Singh reached the Narcotics Control Bureaus NCB office at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai at 1245 pm The NCB has ordered a vigilance inquiry into the claims made by a witness Prabhakar Sail in the cruise drugs case of an extortion bid of Rs 25 crore by some agency officials including its Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede to let off Aryan Khan the son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan The inquiry is being conducted by Gyaneshwar Singh who is also the chief vigilance officer of the federal anti-narcotics agency A large number of media persons were present outside the NCBs office when Singh arrived While getting out of his vehicle Singh said he will speak to media persons later It was not immediately clear whether he will record the statement of Wankhede on Wednesday Singh along with four other officers of the NCB landed in Mumbai from Delhi in the morning Wankhede who is leading the probe in the cruise drugs case visited the NCBs headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday and spent over two hours Sources earlier said the inquiry will also look at the aspect of K P Gosavi another NCB independent witness in the case being in close proximity of Aryan Khan after the raids and the procedures followed by the sleuths while entrusting custody of all the accused arrested on October 3 from the international cruise terminal in Mumbai Photos and videos of Gosavi with Aryan Khan have gone viral on social media and other news platforms The role of all the officers and witnesses involved in the case will be probed and it will be recorded if they followed the NCB manual and procedures mentioned in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act during such operations they said Wankhede on Sunday wrote to Mumbai Police commissioner Hemant Nagrale seeking protection from likely legal action being planned against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance-related issue On Monday he failed to get any relief related to an affidavit on the sensational extortion claims made by Sail with a special court saying it cannot pass a blanket order barring courts from taking cognisance of the document PTI DC GK GK

Mumbai Oct 23 PTI The Narcotics Control Bureau NCB is scrutinizing the financial transactions of all the arrested accused including actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan in the cruise ship drugs seizure case an official said on Saturday He also said that the agency would oppose the bail plea of Aryan Khan before the Bombay High Court scheduled for hearing on October 26 The NCB has so far arrested 20 persons after raiding a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast on October 2 and allegedly seizing narcotic drugs The probe team has already collected transaction records of some of the accused from whom commercial or large quantity of drugs which attracts harsher punishment under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act had been seized the official said The agency is also checking the accused persons sources of income The investigating team is extracting deleted messages and WhatsApp chats from mobile phones laptops and other electronic gadgets of the accused and checking if they used any other social media platforms for communicating with each other the official said The NCB had allegedly found MDMA from some of the accused during the raid This drug is mostly sourced from Europe and the United States and the agency was probing from where the accused obtained it the official said Hydroponic weed seized from the accused had been procured through the dark net clandestine Internet portals he claimed Actor Ananya Panday who has been questioned by the agency in connection with the case was cooperating with the investigation the NCB official said On Thursday the agency conducted searches at six locations in the city and seized mobile phones laptops and other electronic gadgets from some suspects he said Earlier in the morning Shah Rukh Khans manager Pooja Dadlani was seen visiting the NCB office in Ballard Estate in south Mumbai On Thursday an NCB team had visited the actors residence Mannat in suburban Bandra PTI DC KRK KRK KRK

Mumbai Oct 23 PTI Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans manager Pooja Dadlani visited the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB office here on Saturday morning sources said Dadlani arrived at the anti-drug agencys office at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai around 10 am carrying an envelope in her hand they said While stepping out of the office over an hour later the media persons waiting outside tried to seek her comment but she left the place without speaking to them Aryan Khan 23 son of Shah Rukh Khan was arrested by the NCB on October 3 following a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast On Thursday an NCB team had visited the actors residence Mannat in suburban Bandra seeking some documents related to the investigation of the alleged drug seizure case On Friday evening the Shah Rukh Khans bodyguard had visited the NCB office and handed over some documents in a sealed envelope on the actors behalf PTI DC NP NP

Mumbai Oct 22 PTI Bollywood actor Ananya Panday appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau here for the second straight day on Friday and was questioned for nearly four hours in connection with her alleged WhatsApp chats with Aryan Khan son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrested in a drugs case NCB sources said Ananya Panday has been again called by the NCB on Monday a senior official of the central agency saidHer actor-father Chunky Panday accompanied her to the NCB office as he had done on Thursday when she was questioned for the first time over chats linked to the case which relates to alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast early this monthThe father-daughter duo arrived at the anti-drug agencys office located at Ballard Estate in South Mumbai in a car around 220 pm the sources saidThe 22-year-old actor a new entrant in Bollywood who made her debut in 2019 left the NCB office around 620 pm after questioning by the NCB they said without providing further detailsNCB Deputy Director General Ashok Mutha Jain told media persons that Ananya Panday has been called again on Monday to take the ongoing process furtherAsked if the actor has spoken anything about the alleged WhatsApp chats with Aryan Khan Jain said he can not share details related to the investigation To a query on getting any information about drug peddlers during her questioning the NCB officer said he has no such information with himThere was heavy deployment of police personnel at the NCB office where barricades were put up as a large number of media persons had gathered outsideThe NCB is probing the cruise ship drugs case in which Aryan Khan 23 has been arrested along with 19 others Aryan Khan is in jail under judicial custody and his bail plea will be heard by the Bombay High Court on October 26During the investigation the NCB had found some WhatsApp chats between Aryan Khan and Ananya Panday the sources saidThe NCB officials wanted to gather more information about the chats and hence she was summoned on Thursday and questioned for around two hoursThe NCB had seized Ananya Pandays laptop and mobile phone on ThursdayMeanwhile a 24-year-old drug peddler was brought to the NCB office for questioning in the early hours of Friday they said PTI DC NP RSY RSY

Mumbai Oct 21 PTI The Narcotics Control Bureau NCB on Thursday recorded the statement of Bollywood actor Ananya Panday after it allegedly came across some WhatsApp chats during its investigation against Aryan Khan son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan in a drugs case sources said Ananyas actor father Chunky Panday accompanied her to the NCB office located at Ballard Estate in south Mumbai where they reached around 4 pm After recording her statement Ananya left the agency office around 615 pm the sources said adding that she is likely to be called on Friday as well The NCBs Mumbai zonal unit which is probing the cruise drugs seizure case in which Aryan Khan has been arrested visited Ananya Pandays residence in Bandra this morning and summoned her to record her statement later in the day they said Ananyas name cropped up in the case after certain WhatsApp chats between her and Aryan Khan were allegedly found in the latters mobile phone the sources said adding that earlier in the day the NCB officials seized her mobile phone and laptop However the NCB officials are yet to clarify about her role if any in the case There was heavy deployment of police outside the NCB office and a large number of media persons were also present there when the Panday father-daughter duo arrived in the afternoon Aryan Khan was arrested with a few others on October 3 after the NCB raided a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and claimed to have seized drugs including charas An NCB team visited Shah Rukh Khans residence Mannat in suburban Bandra this afternoon for seeking from him certain material related to the investigation into the case an official said On Thursday morning Shah Rukh Khan met Aryan at the Arthur Road jail in the cityi where the latter has been lodged following his arrest in the case PTI DC NP NP