ED summons sons & wife of Nawab Malik in money laundering case, none appear
25 May 2022 11:09:01
Mumbai, May 25: Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its chargesheet said that both sons and wife of Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik were summoned for interrogation, but none of them appeared in connection with the money laundering case.
Malik has told the ED that Salim Patel, the bodyguard and driver of gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Hasina Parkar, was a NCP activist and was working under the leadership of former NCP Mumbai chief Chandrakant Tripathi. The ED is probing the Goawala compound in Kurla money laundering case.
"Nawab Malik's wife Mehjabin was summoned twice whereas his son Faraj Malik was summoned 5 times in connection with a money laundering case. But none of them appeared before the ED," informed the chargesheet.
On May 24, it was revealed Malik has had links with gangster Dawood Ibrahim's D-company for a long time, according to investigation of ED against him in connection with a money laundering case. The ED has filed a prosecution complaint before the Special PMLA court in Mumbai.
Malik has told the ED that Salim Patel, the bodyguard and driver of gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Hasina Parkar, was a NCP activist and was working under the leadership of former NCP Mumbai chief Chandrakant Tripathi. The ED is probing the Goawala compound in Kurla money laundering case.
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A special court on May 20 took cognisance of the ED's chargesheet against Malik, and said there is prima facie evidence to indicate Malik was directly & knowingly involved in the money laundering & criminal conspiracy with others to usurp Goawala compound in Kurla. The court has issued a process against him and the 1993 bomb blast case accused Sardar Shahwali Khan, who is also named in the case.