April 2, Saturday, New
Delhi
Maharashtra Min Nawab
Malik has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay HC order
which had rejected his plea on ED action against him.
Maharashtra
Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik filed a
Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court
order which had rejected his plea on Enforcement Directorate (ED) action
against him.
The Maharashtra Minority Affairs
Minister is in judicial custody till April 4 in a money laundering case. He was
arrested on February 23 based on First Information Report (FIR) registered
against terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and his aides. ED alleged that Munira
Plumber's prime property in Kurla, the present market value of which is Rs.300
crore, was usurped by the NCP leader through Solidus Investments Pvt. Ltd. - a
company purportedly owned by his family members.
As per the ED, this was done in
connivance with Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar, her bodyguard Salim
Patel and 1993 bomb blasts convict Sardar Shah Wali Khan.