“In a major surprise action today, the Enforcement Directorate has detained Maharashtra Minister and Senior NCP leader Nawab Malik. The ED has detained for his alleged connection in the money laundering probe against Gangster dawood Ibrahim. The action comes at a time when several leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi have been alleging harassment at the hands of central govt agencies on the instructions of BJP leaders. They have also alleged that the BJP is trying to collapse the govt and push the state for midterm elections.
According to the information, the ED team reached Malik’s house at Noor Manzil in Kurla at 5 am. After this the team left his house at 7 pm and reached the ED office at 7.45 pm. At around 8.30 the ED officials started questioning him which is still going on. While he was being taken to the ED office, a large team of CRPF was with him. A large number of police forces have been deployed outside the ED office as well. Nearby traffic has also been diverted.
The ED has been probing a money laundering case against gangster Dawood Ibrahim, Iqbal Mirchi, Chhota Shakeel, Parkar and Javed Chikna after it found several hawala transactions linked to money illegally obtained through extortion, drug trafficking, sale of real estate in Nagpada and Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai, and other unlawful activities. The ED case is based on NIA UAPA case against several members of the D Company.
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