The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will be filing the charge sheet this week against NCP leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik in the money laundering case registered against him by the agency. Malik was arrested on February 23 by the ED in connection with the case registered against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides for running a terror network in the country.
During the probe the ED learnt about a 2.75-acre plot in Kurla, also known as Goawala compound, that was bought by Malik from Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar and 1993 serial blasts accused Sardar Shahwali Khan. The money paid by Malik was allegedly used for terror funding. The deal happened between 2003 and 2005 and many tenants were allegedly placed on the plot by Malik.
Malik and firms controlled by him and his family members earned rent of Rs 11.7 crore from this property in two entities controlled by Nawab Malik — namely M/s Solidus Investments Pvt Ltd and M/s Malik Infrastructure.
The ED initiated a money laundering investigation against Dawood Ibrahim and others on the basis of an FIR registered by the NIA on February 3, 2022, under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). In the FIR, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar alias Dawood Bhai, Haji Anees alias Anees Ibrahim Shaikh, Shakeel Shaikh alias Chhota Shakeel, Javed Patel alias Javed Chikna, and Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon alias Tiger Memon were named as accused. The FIR also stated that after leaving India, Dawood Ibrahim started controlling his criminal activities through his close associates such as Haseena Parkar alias ‘Haseena aapa’ and others.
An investigation conducted by the ED revealed that in one such case, a prime property of one Munira Plumber was usurped by Nawab Malik through M/s Solidus Investments Pvt Ltd, a company owned by his family members and controlled by him, with help from the members of the D-Gang. For usurping this property, Haseena Parkar and Nawab Malik executed several legal documents to put up a façade of authenticity for this criminal act.
ED earlier this month provisionally attached properties belonging to Malik, his family members, M/s Solidus Investments Pvt Ltd & M/s Malik Infrastructure under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Malik remains in judicial custody presently in the case and has been lodged at the Arthur road prison in Mumbai.
