ED probe unearths plot of ₹200 crore linked to Malik

As the Enforcement Directorate digs deeper in its money laundering probe against Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, it has found a plot worth Rs 200 crore in the Bandra-Kurla area that is linked to his family.

- Pradeep Thakur

New Delhi: According to sources, Malik’s son, Faraz, is 25% partner in Touchwood Real Estate Pvt Ltd which owns the plot in Bandra-Kurla. It was bought in 2006 in “three different transactions from various buyers”. The deals are prima facie suspicious and people involved are being investigated by the agency which has been probing the minister's finances, sources said

Scrutiny of the balance sheet of Touchwood Real Estatate has led investigators to a transaction of Rs 12.77 crore with ‘Associate Group of Companies'. The agency is now probing the antecedents and dealings of “Associate Group of Companies”.

The minority affairs minister, who was brought back to ED custody on Monday for interrogation after spending three days in a Mumbai hospital for a health complication, has been accused by the agency of having transactions with 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim, his sister Haseena Parker and a blasts convict Sardar Shahwali Khan.