Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday alleged that state minister Nawab Malik and his family members entered into land deals with people associated with the underworld. Speaking to reporters here, Fadnavis also claimed he did not have this information earlier (when he was the state’s chief minister).
The BJP leader said had he found this previously, he would have exposed NCP leader Malik earlier. Notably, Malik earlier this month sought to link the BJP with an alleged narcotics dealer by tweeting the latter’s photograph with the former chief minister’s wife Amruta Fadnavis. Malik had also posted a similar photograph of Devendra Fadnavis with alleged the drug dealer. The former CM had then said he will make revelations about Malik’s underworld links after Diwali and also share the same with NCP president Sharad Pawar.
On Tuesday, Fadnavis said, Nawab Malik and his family members were part of a company which purchased land in Kurla (area of Mumbai) at a very low rate by making some fictitious documents. There are four such land purchase deals where I can firmly say that Malik has entered into land deals with the underworld.” He claimed the land was purchased from Sardar Shahwali Khan and Saleem Ishaq Patel, who were convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. “Why did you do business with the killers of Mumbaikars? the BJP leader asked. Another question arises that why did these two accused persons sell their land to Malik? They were about to get convicted under then TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act). As per that legal provision, all the properties of convicts get attached and come under government control. Did Malik help them to avoid such land on prime location from getting attached? he asked.
The LoP claimed Nawab Malik’s son Faraz Malik had signed the agreement documents of the Kurla land deal with Sardar Shahwali Khan and Saleem Ishaq Patel. I did not have this information earlier (during chief ministerial tenure). Had I found it, I would have exposed him (Nawab Malik) earlier. I will submit these documents to appropriate authorities like the CBI, ED or NIA. I will also share a copy of it with NCP chief Sharad Pawar, he said.
Nawab Malik has since last month levelled a series of allegations against Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede after he led a raid on a cruise ship, following which actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and some others were arrested. The NCP leader’s son-in-law Sameer Khan was also arrested by the NCB earlier this year in an alleged drugs case and was later granted bail by a court. On November 1, Devendra Fadnavis had said Malik’s attack on the NCB was an attempt to put pressure on officials of the anti-drugs agency so that the case against his son-in-law is weakened.
Will drop a hydrogen bomb & expose Fadnavis’ underworld links: Nawab Malik
Meanwhile, Nawab Malik refuted Fadnavis’ charge that the former had bought land parcels from the people linked with the underworld, saying he will drop a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday and expose the “underworld links” of the BJP leader.
Malik said he did not buy any property from anyone who is linked to the underworld or is a convict in a bomb blast case. He said by trying to link him with the underworld and bomb blast convicts, Fadnavis is maligning his image.
Malik said his daughter will send a legal notice to Fadnavis on Wednesday for his comments against his son-in-law Sameer Khan, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) earlier this year and later released on bail.
Just after Fadnavis finished his press conference, Malik tweeted, “I am coming”, in an apparent message that he will hit back. “The charges levelled by Devendra Fadnavis are baseless. I never bought any property from anyone linked to the underworld or a blast convict,” Malik told a press conference.
He said Fadnavis is making a mountain of a molehill. Malik said he has been in public life for over 26 years and no one has levelled charges, linking him to the underworld and blast convicts. He said the properties bought by him have been acquired legally after paying stamp duty. All deals have been done in a very transparent manner, Malik claimed.
Last week, Fadnavis had claimed that he will burst a bomb by exposing Malik’s links with the underworld. Taking a dig, Malik said Fadnavis’ bomb turned out to be a dud cracker but he will drop a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday morning, exposing how the BJP leader held the city hostage when he was chief minister.
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