When the judge asked him if he had any grievances, Malik said the ED officials came to his house in the morning and took him to their office. 'In the office, they (ED) made me sign a document which they later said was the summons,' the minister told the court
Nawab Malik being taken for medical test after he was arrested by the ED officials in connection with a money laundering case involving Dawood Ibrahim, in Mumbai. Pic/PTI
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik was produced before a special court after the Enforcement Directorate arrested him in a money laundering case probe linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, his aides and the Mumbai underworld.
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In the morning, Malik was taken to the ED's office in south Mumbai for questioning and he was later arrested. The 62-year-old NCP leader was taken to the state-run JJ Hospital in the afternoon for a medical check-up after which he was taken to the sessions court. Malik, clad in a white kurta, was brought to the courtroom of Special Judge RN Rokade, designated to hear matters related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), at 4.50 pm and was made to stand in the witness box.
When the judge asked him if he had any grievances, Malik said the ED officials came to his house in the morning and took him to their office. "In the office, they (ED) made me sign a document which they later said was the summons," the minister told the court. Further proceedings are on.
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