Maharashtra cupboard minister Nawab Malik has informed the Enforcement Directorate that Salim Patel, the bodyguard and motive force of gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Hasina Parkar, was once a Nationalist Congress Birthday celebration (NCP) activist and was once running underneath the management of former NCP Mumbai leader Chandrakant Tripathi. The ED is probing the Goawala compound in Kurla cash laundering case.

“I’ve recognized Salim Patel since 2002. He was once an NCP activist and was once running underneath the management of Chandrakant Tripathi, the then NCP president of Mumbai,” Nawab Malik, who may be a senior NCP chief, informed the ED.

Salim Patel had gained Rs 15 lakh from Nawab Malik’s corporate Solidus Funding Pvt. Ltd in a transaction involving the Goa compound, as in keeping with knowledge gained, including that Nawab Malik’s brother Aslam Malik additionally has the most important function within the affairs of the Goa compound case.

On Might 21, a distinct court docket in Mumbai had mentioned prima facie proof towards Nawab Malik signifies that he was once at once and knowingly concerned within the cash laundering and prison conspiracy with ‘D-Corporate‘ contributors to usurp the Goawala compound in Kurla.

D-gang contributors past due Hasina Parkar, Salim Patel, and Sardar Khan have additionally been named within the rate sheet. The PMLA court docket famous that Nawab Malik was once in “lively connivance” with those D-gang contributors.

“Accused Nawab Malik in connivance with D-Corporate contributors, i.e., Hasina Parkar, Salim Patel and Sardar Khan, hatched a prison conspiracy for usurping the top belongings belonging to Mrs Munira Plumber,” particular pass judgement on Rahul N Rokade mentioned.

‘D-Corporate’ is a connection with the Bombay underworld organised crime syndicate based and regulated by way of Dawood Ibrahim.

The ED mentioned throughout the investigation, it was once published that Hasina Parkar was once fascinated with unauthorised ownership of key belongings for elevating terror price range. One such key asset is Goawala Compound, owned by way of Munira Plumber and Marium Goawala. A rate sheet was once filed within the case remaining month.

In step with the chargesheet, contributors of the D-Corporate and Nawab Malik connived and done a number of unlawful paperwork to usurp the valuables. Nawab Malik and Parkar entered right into a prison conspiracy and Nawab Malik agreed to pay Rs 55 lakh to Parkar, Rs 15 lakh to Salim Patel (Parkar’s motive force) and Rs 5 lakh to Sardar Khan. It additionally mentioned Nawab Malik had a number of conferences with Parkar and Sardar Khan to usurp the valuables.

Sardar Shahwali Khan is serving lifestyles imprisonment in Aurangabad prison within the 1993 blasts case and was once launched on parole when the conferences came about. The chargesheet additionally alleged that Nawab Malik illegally occupied Kurla Basic Retailer the usage of his clout and muscle energy. He additionally usurped Goawala compound via Solidus Investments.

Nawab Malik was once arrested on February 23 by way of the ED in reference to a money-laundering probe connected to the actions of Dawood Ibrahim and his aides, underneath provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA). He’s recently in judicial custody.

The ED’s case is in accordance with an FIR filed by way of the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) towards Dawood Ibrahim and others.

The NIA had filed its prison criticism underneath sections of the stringent Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA).

The NCP chief had denied all fees levelled towards him and moved the Ideally suited Courtroom towards an order of the Bombay HC, which had rejected his period in-between utility in search of fast unencumber from prison.

The Ideally suited Courtroom had additionally refused to grant him any aid, noting the probe into the case is at a nascent degree.

(with inputs from PTI)

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