New Delhi: The ED has summoned senior NCP leader Praful Patel in connection with its money laundering probe linked to alleged illegal assets of late Iqbal Mirchi, an aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, officials said Tuesday.

They said Patel, a former Union minister in the UPA regime, has been asked to depose in Mumbai on October 18. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to record Patel's statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with a deal between a real estate company promoted by Patel and his wife and the wife of Mirchi. According to ED officials, Patel's Millennium Developers Pvt Ltd constructed a building, Ceejay House, in 2006-07 and its third and fourth floors were transferred to Mirchi's wife Hajra Iqbal.