Updated On: 23 February, 2022 10:01 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Malik's statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and he was arrested under the same provisions as he was evasive in his replies, ED officials said

Nawab Malik. Pic/Bipin Kokate
After a court remanded Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in the ED custody following his arrest in a money laundering probe, he was brought to the central agency's office in south Mumbai, where he will have to spend the night, an official said.
A special court remanded the state Minority Affairs Minister to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till March 3 in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides. Malik was arrested earlier in the day after being questioned for about five hours at the ED office in south Mumbai's Ballard Estate area since around 8 am.