Nawab Malik

Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede filed a FIR against a cyber threat from a Twitter user, on August 19. Wankhede, former Mumbai zonal director of a the NCB filed non-cognisable offence under section 507 of the IPC, following which the Goregaon Police started a probe. Notably, Wankhede received the threat from a Twitter handle over Wankhede's FIR against the jailed NCP leader Nawab Malik for defaming Wankhede over his caste-… read-more

Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh have appealed to Supreme Court to be allowed to vote in Maharashtra Legislative Council elections. Both politicians are presently detained and have filed an appeal against the Bombay HC's June 17 decision. "It is not inclined to accede to the broad proposition that permitting the persons (who are otherwise not qualified to vote in the election) to vote strengthens the democracy," Bombay HC ruled.  

The Bombay High Court withheld on June 16 the decision requests of Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh for authorization to vote in the MLC elections on June 20. On June 17, the court will issue its decision. Previously, a special PMLA court in Mumbai dismissed their applications. Deshmukh and Malik are detained in connection with several money-laundering investigations being conducted by the… read-more

NCP leader Nawab Malik's wife and son were reportedly summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the ongoing money laundering probe, but they failed to appear. In a chargesheet filed by ED, it was mentioned that his wife Mehjabin was summoned twice and son Faraj Malik was summoned five times, for which they failed to appear. Malik has been accused in a money laundering case with alleged links to Dawood Ibrahim.

The Supreme Court (SC) rejected the bail plea of NCP leader Nawab Malik on April 22. The Apex Court bench led by DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said, "We can't interfere with the due process at this stage". The court also asked Malik's advocate to file a fresh bail plea before the special Bombay court. Notably, Nawab Malik is in ED's judicial custody for investigation in a money laundering case.