Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik's son has lodged an FIR after a person allegedly demanded ₹3 crore from him to get his father out on bail, a police official said on Thursday.
NCP leader Nawab Malik was arrested by the ED on February 23 this year under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act over a property deal allegedly linked to the aides of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
He is currently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.
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Following a complaint filed by the minister's son Amir Malik, the police registered the FIR against the unidentified person late Wednesday night.
According to Amir Malik, he received an email in which the sender, who identified himself as Imtiyaaz, allegedly said he will try to get NCP leader Nawab Malik out on bail and demanded ₹3 crore in Bitcoins.