ED attaches multiple assets of jailed NCP leader Nawab Malik

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has attached multiple assets of jailed Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik under the antimoney laundering law in a case against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his underworld gang.

The federal probe agency said in a statement that it has issued a provisional order attaching properties belonging to “Mohammed Nawab Mohammed Islam Malik alias Nawab Malik, his family members, Solidus Investments Pvt. Ltd. and Malik Infrastructure under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).”

The properties include Goawala compound and a commercial unit in Mumbai’s suburban Kurla (West), a 147.79-acre agricultural land located in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, three flats in Kurla (West) and two residential flats in Bandra (West). In a related development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider listing for hearing 62-year-old Malik’s appeal seeking immediate release from prison in this money laundering case.

The ED arrested Malik in Mumbai in February in the money laundering case registered against Ibrahim and others. This ED case was filed after studying a February FIR of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that booked Ibrahim and other members of his gang like Anees Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel, Javed Chikna and Tiger Memon.

“The FIR (of the NIA) stated that Dawood Ibrahim, after he left India, started controlling his criminal activities in India through his close associates such as Haseena Parkar (Dawood’s sister) and others.” (PTI)