Via PTI
MUMBAI: Prima facie, there are cheap grounds to consider that allegations towards Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik are “well-founded”, noticed a distinct courtroom right here whilst remanding him within the custody of the ED in reference to a cash laundering case.
Particular pass judgement on RN Rokade, designated to listen to issues associated with the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), additionally stated that enough time is needed to be granted for the investigation of the offence and Malik’s custodial interrogation was once essential.
The courtroom on Wednesday remanded Malik, a senior NCP chief, within the custody of the Enforcement Directorate until March 3. Its detailed order was once made to be had on Friday. Malik was once arrested by way of the ED on Wednesday in a cash laundering probe connected to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.
The courtroom, in its order, stated it seems that from the record that accused has now not cooperated with the investigation at the a very powerful facet. “Prima facie, there are cheap grounds to consider that the accusations are well-founded beneath PMLA,”the pass judgement on noticed.
The courtroom held that the probe was once at a nascent degree and Malik’s custodial interrogation is essential to unearth all of the ramifications concerned within the crime. “The proceeds of crime have traversed since closing twenty years and extra. Subsequently, enough time is needed to be granted for the investigation of the offence,” the pass judgement on stated.
The ED case is in keeping with an FIR filed just lately by way of the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) towards Ibrahim, a fugitive gangster, and others. The NIA had filed its felony grievance beneath sections of the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA).