ED action against Nawab Malik 'motivated by politics', carried with 'vengeance and malice', says NCP leaders
India Today
The leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) objected on Wednesday to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioning Nawab Malik without notice and urged the investigation agency not to be a slave of political masters.
Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Wednesday accused the Centre of engaging in vendetta and objected to the questioning of his cabinet colleague Nawab Malik by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case “without any notice”.
NCP leader and former Rajya Sabha member Majeed Memon said the party will not keep quiet and fight lawfully till the end if the action against Malik is “motivated by politics and being carried out with some vengeance and malice,” and asked the ED officials not to be their political master's slave.
The ED on Wednesday questioned state Minority Affairs Minister and NCP's chief spokesperson Malik in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld, fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides, officials said.
Walse Patil said NCP leaders stand firmly with Malik.
"The Union government has used central agencies with vendetta to target several people. Malik is an honourable minister of the state. It was required to issue him a notice if he is to be investigated in any case," the NCP leader said.
"But, the notice was not served. He was taken from his home early morning to the ED office. This is against democracy and the common man's rights," the state home minister said.
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