State Minister Nawab Malik has challenged Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis to prove his accusations of links to the underworld, and levelled some more allegations against the former chief minister and Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, who he said wore uber-expensive clothes and accessories that an honest and upright officer cannot afford.

In response to Malik’s charge that he patronised the drug business, Fadnavis had announced on Monday that he would establish the NCP minister’s connections with the underworld. On Tuesday, Malik said he had cautioned former CM Fadnavis about a ‘duplicate Fadnavis’ roaming in Mantralaya. “I had video footage of what meeting took place at a hotel, and told Fadnavis who this ‘duplicate’ Fadnavis was. If I had revealed it then the BJP leaders would have buried their faces. I have it even now but will not share it,” he said.