Nawab Malik said buying land in Goawala compound to serve 'national interest': Witness tells ED
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Nawab Malik said buying land in Goawala compound to serve 'national interest': Witness tells ED
A former employee of a company taken over by Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik said took over the company- Solidus Investment Pvt. Ltd, from the original owner by showing that he was working in the national interest.
On December 20, 2021, in a statement to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), T N Sheshadri Iyenger said that is how the Nationalist Congress Party leader got entry into the Goawala compound premises.
The ED remand report had said that the money paid by Malik for the property was used for funding Dawood's terrorist activities.
Malik is currently behind bars after getting arrested for a money laundering case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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Iyengar worked as the manager or personal assistant of Kanubhai Patel. Kanubhai was the original owner of Solidus Investment, which was taken over by Malik.
Iyengar in his statement said that Malik Mohammed Islam, Nawab Malik's father, had come to their office from UP to meet Kanubhai. Nawab Malik's father knew Kanubhai for over two decades. Malik Islam sought Kanubhai's support for his son, Nawab Malik.
