The Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday contended the NCP minister Nawab Malik had struck a property deal with 1993 Mumbai lemon blast con Sardar Shahwali Khan and Mohd Salim Ishaq Patel, who was the frontman of Haseena Parkar, Dawood Ibrahim’s family Addressing the media at the BJP headquarters in Mumbai, Fadnavis bared, “ A high property of2.80 acres at LBS Marg in Kurla was brought by Solidus Investment Private Limited for a stingy Rs 30 lakh. The signatory of the deal transacted was Faraz Malik, son of Nawab Malik.” Nawab Malik held a high post in the company but had abnegated before taking charge of the clerical post in the state government in 2019. Malik’s woman, Mehjbeen Nawab Malik, and son, Aamir Malik, are the directors of the company.
The NCP minister on his part has refuted these allegations, stating that all deals were done fairly According to Fadnavis, after the property deal and enrollment, the Maliks paid Rs 15 lakh to Sardar Shahwali Ali Khan and Rs 5 lakh to Mohd Salim Patel. Although the deal was of Rs 30 lakh, the factual payment transacted was only Rs 20 lakh, he said Fadnavis contended the property whose request rate was Rs per square cadence was bought by Maliks for as little as Rs 25 per square cadence Both Sardar Shahawali Khan and Salim Patel, with whom Maliks dealt property, have demiworld connections, Fadnavis stated.
“ Sardar Shahawali Khan is a 1993 Mumbai Bomb blast con. He’s in jail, serving life imprisonment. He was a part of the platoon which was given arm training by the architect Tiger Memon. Khan also did the recee of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to decide where the losers should be placed. Khan was present at the meeting held in Tiger Memon’s hearthstone to plot the lemon blast,” Fadnavis said The BJP leader added, “ Patel was the frontman and sentry of Haseena Parkar alias Appa. Parkar is the family of demiworld slip Dawood Ibrahim. Patel was given the power of attorney. He dealt with all land grabbing and property deals for Parkar. She was carrying out the conditioning on behalf of Dawood who was operating from Pakistan.”
“ The big question then’s why did Nawab Malik and his family purchase land from dreaded demiworld culprits. What was the real motive behind the deal?” Fadnavis questioned The former chief minister added, “ Sardar Shahawali Khan was slighted with TADA. Under this act, all the parcels (of the indicted) are seized by the government. Thus, the question is, was Malik trying to help these demiworld cons by showing a deal so that they do n’t lose the property? Or was the deal shown on paper a formality and a huge black plutocrat sale was done without any record? Refuting the allegations, the NCP minister on Tuesday told journalists, “ I haven’t bought the said property from any person connected to the demiworld. I’ve brought the property from the original possessors.”
“ There was a watchman of the quondam possessors named Khan who had managed to produce rights on a 300-sq-m plot. I paid plutocrat to get these rights surrendered and insure that he vacated that plot. Everything was done in a legal way and I’ve all necessary papers to prove this sale,” Nawab Malik said Fadnavis went on to state that the Kurla land deal was just one among five similar deals, which took place between 2003 and 2019. Still, he said, the details on the other four property deals between Malik and the “ demiworld” will be submitted to applicable probing agencies I’ll furnish all the documents and details to the applicable agencies including CBI, ED, IT and police,” the former chief minister said. A set of documents will be handed to NCP president Sharad Pawar, he said.
The opposition leader denied any political vendetta, stating that he has “ no particular hostility with Malik or his family.” Still, he added that Malik, who holds press conferences daily, has been mischievously targeting BJP and its leaders to calumniate their image “ I’ve handed bare data. There’s no question of hitting at NCP or individual leaders,” he said. “ Still, whatever information has come to us about Malik and the demiworld is a cause of serious concern,” Fadnavis added.
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