The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday provisionally attached properties worth nearly ₹15 crore belonging to jailed Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik, his family members and two companies under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The properties attached include one owned by Munira Plumber, five flats in Mumbai, a commercial unit and an agricultural land in Osmanabad district, measuring 147.79 acres.
The ED had initiated investigation against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others on the basis of an FIR registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 3 under various charges, including raising funds for terrorist act, conspiracy and holding proceeds of crime. The FIR named Dawood Ibrahim, Haji Anees, Chhota Shakeel, Javed Chikna and Tiger Menon. It mentioned that Ibrahim had left India but started controlling his criminal activities through his sister Haseena Parkar and others.
