NCP leader Nawab Malik seeks quashing of money laundering case, release from ED custody
Mumbai, March 1: Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Tuesday approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash a money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
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Earlier, Malik's brother Kaptan Malik was also been summoned by the ED. Malik has been remanded to ED custody till March 3. He was sent to the ED custody for seven days by a court in Mumbai in connection with the money laundering case.
Earlier in February, the ED conducted raids at the residence of Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar in Mumbai in connection with the money laundering case.
Searches were carried out by the ED at several places linked to people associated with the underworld in Mumbai, informed sources said.
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Meanwhile, the BJP had demanded the resignation of the Maharashtra minister, but the Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA-- comprising Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP) government has rejected the demand for Nawab Malik's resignation.
-PTC News
