Police have arrested an associate of late drug smuggler Iqbal Mirchi for allegedly demolishing a movie theatre and trying to sell it for Rs 15 crore, even as the property was provisionally attached by the ED in a money laundering case, officials said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.

The accused, Abdul Kadir Ali Mohammed (75), was arrested by the V P Road police in south Mumbai on Wednesday, an official said, reported PTI.

A complaint was filed by personnel of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently that the New Roshan Talkies theatre in Girgaon, which was attached by them, was demolished and the plot was sold, he said.