ED arrests Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik case linked to Dawood Ibrahim

Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was today arrested after questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld, fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides. ED arrests Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik case linked to Dawood Ibrahim.

ED officials took Malik to a government hospital for medical check-up and produced him before the special PMLA court. Senior counsel Amit Desai and Taraq Sayed argued for Malik. The minister said ED officials came to his residence and forcibly took him to their ED office. “Later, they handed me the summons and told me I am arrested,” Malik told the court from the witness box.

The NCP leader, who was arrested after seven hours of questioning, said while being taken to the hospital following his arrest that he would not bow down and expose everyone. “Jhukenge nahi, darenge nahi, expose karenge (we will not bow down, won’t fear, will expose all),” Malik said. Soon after, he also shared a tweet making a similar statement.

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The 62-year-old Maharashtra minister was being questioned in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld, fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides, officials said. He had reached the ED’s south Mumbai office in the Ballard Estate area around 8am and was being grilled since then.