NCP chief Nawab Malik is a minister in Maharashtra’s Shiv-Sena led coalition authorities
Mumbai:
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik dropped his “hydrogen bomb” on Wednesday morning – the most recent in an alternate of swipes with former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that started with the arrest of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan within the drugs-on-cruise case.
Mr Malik stated the senior BJP chief has “connections with underworld members” and that he, as Chief Minister, protected these behind a pretend forex notes racket investigated by Sameer Wankhede – the NCB officer removed from the Aryan Khan case over Rs 8 crore payoff claims.
He additionally accused Mr Fadnavis of “diverting my challenge”, and stated the previous Chief Minister was making an attempt to “defend one officer (Mr Wankhede) … a person who’s framing harmless individuals in pretend instances”; Mr Malik has routinely accused the opposition BJP of utilizing the anti-drugs company to entrap Aryan Khan.
An hour later Mr Fadnavis responded with a quote from creator George Bernard Shaw that stated: “I realized way back by no means to wrestle with a pig. You get soiled, and in addition to, the pig likes it.”
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— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) November 10, 2021
“You made individuals with connections to the underworld as heads. Did you not make Munna Yadav head of the Building Employees Board? You made Haidar Azam President of the Maulana Azad Finance Company,” Nawab Malik stated at this time.
“When demonetisation occurred in 2016 Modiji stated it was to eradicate black cash, terrorism and pretend forex. (However) until October 8 (2017) no instances of pretend notes have been registered as a result of, below Fadnavis’ safety this was functioning,” he continued.
The NCP chief stated Rs 14.56 crore had been recovered then however Mr Fadnavis had “settled the case”.
“One arrest occurred in Mumbai and one in Pune… Restoration was reported at Rs 8 lakh, and the matter was settled. It was by no means despatched to the NIA and the case by no means progressed… as a result of these behind the racket got safety,” he claimed.
“They stated it was a Congress chief (behind the racket) … but it surely wasn’t. The plan was responsible it on the Congress in the event that they acquired caught. Haji Arafat Shaikh was made Chairman of the Minorities Fee. His brother, Imran, was concerned on this crime and was caught,” Mr Malik stated.
“The investigator in cost was additionally Sameer Dawood Wankhede… Joint Commissioner (Intelligence) within the DRI (Directorate of Income Intelligence) on the time. The case was managed by Devendraji with the assistance of Mr Wankhede,” the minister stated.
Nawab Malik additionally slammed Mr Fadnavis over Riyaz Bhati, an alleged aide of wished gangster Dawood Ibrahim who was arrested in Mumbai in October 2019 on fees of extortion.
“Riyaz Bhati was caught with two passports. Why was he seen with you at your programmes? How did Riyaz Bhati attain the Prime Minister when he got here right here? Devendraji… you used Riyaz to your work. All this stuff occurred together with your blessing,” Mr Malik alleged.
The BJP’s Ashish Shelar hit again shortly after, mocking Mr Malik over his declare of “hydrogen bombs”.
“Those that claimed hydrogen bombs couldn’t even burst sparklers. Sure, Munna Yadav, Haji Arafat and Haider Azam are occasion employees (however) there may be not a single case towards Arafat and Azam. They have been included solely after checking. None of this occurred throughout Fadnavis’ time,” he claimed.
“Imran Alam Sheikh, who was caught with pretend forex, was then a Congress secretary and is now a NCP employee,” he added, additionally denying all hyperlinks between Riyaz Bhati and the Prime Minister.
Yesterday Mr Fadnavis provided “proof” of Mr Malik’s links to the underworld, claiming his rival had struck a property cope with a gangster convicted within the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Earlier swipes between the 2 concerned allegations Mr Fadnavis had appeared in a music video financed by a now-jailed drug peddler, and that Mr Malik is concocting claims to strain Sameer Wankhede and the NCB into dropping a case towards his son-in-law, Sameer Khan.
The row between the 2 erupted after Aryan Khan’s arrest on October 3 in a case Mr Malik claims is “pretend” and set as much as goal his father, Shah Rukh Khan. Final week Mr Malik additionally claimed Aryan, who was given bail after spending over 20 days in jail, had been “kidnapped for ransom”.
