Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik Arrested, Case Linked To Dawood Ibrahim

The central probe agency's officials reached the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader's home at 6 am where he was questioned for an hour.

Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was on Wednesday 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. In visuals from outside the ED office, Mr Malik can be seen defiantly waving his fist in the air.

According to sources, Mr Malik was grilled over alleged transactions with gangster Dawood's associates and land deals with them. He was evasive and didn't cooperate with the investigation, the ED said.

Recently, the ED had carried out multiple raids and also took custody of Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar in the same case. According to sources, some evidence related to property purchased by Nawab Malik has surfaced during the ongoing investigation. 

Amid an escalating war of words between Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Agadhi government and the Centre, the 62-year-old Minister was taken to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office this morning for questioning.