MUMBAI, Mar 7:
A special court here on Monday sent Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik to 14-day Judicial Custody in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aides, while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the court the case against the NCP leader has international ramifications.
The ED made the claim about global angle in its remand plea pertaining to Mailk in the money laundering probe linked to the activities of Ibrahim, wanted in India for terror-related cases, and his associates.
The 62-year-old NCP leader was arrested on February 23 and later sent to the ED remand by the special court for questioning in the case. He was produced before special Judge RN Rokade at the end of his remand on Monday.
The court sent Malik to 14-day judicial custody (till March 21) as the central agency did not seek his further remand. Even as the ED didn’t press for his further remand, it told the court the accused was not cooperating in investigation of the case.
“It is most respectfully submitted that the investigation is at the initial stage and the same is underway to trace the proceeds of crime and attach the same,” the ED said in the plea. (PTI)
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