Supreme Court granted bail to NCP chief Nawab Malik in money laundering case

Supreme Court granted bail to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in money laundering case on health grounds. A bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma took note of Malik's legal arguments that he was suffering from various ailments. Malik has been granted bail on medical grounds pending the conclusion of a regular bail plea in the Bombay High Court, the Supreme Court said. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said that the bail was not opposed and that the interim medical bail could be made permanent. Intelligence agency ED arrested Malik in February 2022 in a case related to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates Read more: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde calls NCP chief Nawab Malik anti-national. The High Court had said that apart from kidney disease, he was suffering from many other diseases. The ED case against Malik is based on an FIR registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against international terrorist and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim and his accomplices. The post Supreme Court grants bail to NCP chief Nawab Malik in money laundering case