Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik has been sent to judicial custody till March 21 in a money laundering case linked to fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
Malik was produced before the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court by the Enforcement Directorate after his extended custody with the central agency ended. During the court hearing, the ED demanded the Maharashtra minister be sent to judicial custody.
Last week, Malik moved the Bombay high court with a plea seeking to quash the case lodged against him and also to direct the ED to declare his arrest as illegal. The court later sought a response from the central agency and adjourned the matter till Monday.
On February 23, when Malik was arrested, he was sent to ED custody till March 3. This was extended again last week till March 7.
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