The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended till April 27 the interim protection from arrest granted to former Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif in connection with a money laundering case, and directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file its affidavit in response to his pre-arrest bail plea.

Mushrif, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, filed the application in the high court on Wednesday after a special court on April 11 rejected his anticipatory bail plea.