Two days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya’s son Neil has filed an anticipatory bail plea in a Mumbai court.
Sources close to Somaiya told CNN-News18 that after the ED’s action against Malik, they felt that the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government would hit back at the BJP by arresting Neil.
Both Malik and Somaiya have been vocal critics of each other. The move has once again brought to the fore the battle between the MVA and the opposition BJP.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP a week ago Sanjay Raut At a press conference, he was asked whether Somaiya had invested in a real estate project located in Palghar district. He also questioned whether Neil and his wife Medha were directors in a real estate project ‘Nikon Green Ville Project’. Raut had done the real estate project deal for Rs 260 crore.
Raut had also alleged that a joint director rank officer presently working in the ED had invested his benami amount in these real estate projects. Somaiya had denied the allegations, saying that he was not involved in any corrupt practices.
Meanwhile, Malik has been admitted to JJ Hospital in Mumbai after complaining of stomach ache on Friday morning. A doctor at the hospital, on condition of anonymity, said some medical tests were conducted and the results are awaited. A special court under the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) sent Malik to ED custody till March 3.
The ED is probing the property of a Munira plumber in Kurla, Mumbai.
ED has accused Dawood Ibrahim’s late sister Haseena Parkri Grabbed land through fraud and transferred the property rights to his bodyguard Salim Patel.
The ED has further alleged that Malik through his family member’s company Solidus Investments Private Limited grabbed the property at throwaway prices.
The ED has pegged the present value of the property at Rs 300 crore.
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