In one more day of accusations and countercharges, Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) chief and state minister Nawab Malik on Thursday raised questions over the massive haul of medicine seized from Gujarat within the latest weeks and stated that Gujarat’s position within the nation’s unlawful narcotics provide chain needs to be investigated by central companies.
Later within the day, Malik’s daughter, Nilofer Khan despatched a authorized discover to Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) chief Devendra Fadnavis and his spouse Amruta, in search of an apology from them for claiming that her husband, Sameer, had possessed medicine. This was quickly adopted by Amruta Fadnavis sending a authorized discover to Malik demanding deletion of tweets pertaining to Fadnavis’ alleged connections with drug sellers, inside 48 hours.
Since Monday, Fadnavis and Malik have traded accusations of wrongdoing. Whereas Fadnavis accused Malik of shopping for property from individuals linked with the underworld, and an accused within the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Malik accused Fadnavis of defending a faux foreign money racket within the aftermath of the 2016 demonetisation, whereas the latter was chief minister of Maharashtra. On November 1, Malik had additionally tweeted a photograph of Fadnavis and his spouse with an accused in a drug peddling case and claimed that the 2 knew him; the previous CM and Amruta have denied this cost.
On Thursday, Malik raised questions over the latest seizure of medicine price ₹313 crore in Devbhumi Dwarka, and requested if “a drug recreation (racket)” was “being run from Gujarat”.
“The Gujarat drug connection must be uncovered and people concerned should be delivered to justice. With one other seizure of drug consignment at Dwarka in Gujarat on Wednesday, it has been established that drug consignments come to Gujarat by way of sea route and are distributed within the nation,” Malik stated.
On Wednesday, the Gujarat police seized 17 kilogrammes of heroin and methamphetamine, cumulatively price ₹88.25 crore from Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat. They arrested three individuals, together with a vegetable vendor from Mumbra in Thane district referred to as Sajjad Ghosi, which led to a restoration of 47 extra packets of medicine from a residential premise in Salaya, Gujarat, price ₹225 crore. In all, the haul totals ₹313.25 crore. In September, the Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) seized round 3,000 kg of heroin price round ₹21,000 crore from Mundra port in Kutch district. The case is being investigated by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA).
Malik drew a connection between impartial witnesses in a drug raid carried out by the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) on a cruise ship in Mumbai and a Gujarat cupboard minister.
“All these names akin to Manish Bhanushali, Dhaval Bhanushali, KP Gosavi, Sunil Patil that cropped up within the investigation of Aryan Khan case, have been working from Gujarat. They used to remain at 5 star inns and seem like shut confidantes of cupboard minister Kiritsinh Rana ji. Two main drug hauls have been seized from Gujarat, which creates a suspicion {that a} racket is energetic within the state. The central companies like Nationwide Investigation Company and NCB ought to conduct an neutral and thorough probe,” Malik stated.
Malik has tweeted pictures of each Patil and Gosavi with the minister in previous weeks.
Manish Bhanushali and KP Gosavi are impartial witnesses for the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) in a drug raid carried out on a cruise ship docked off the coast of Mumbai on October 2. The cruise raid led to the arrest of 20 individuals, together with Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan (23).
Earlier this week, BJP chief Mohit Kamboj claimed that Patil was an NCP celebration employee who gave the tip-off concerning the cruise ship celebration to Bhanushali. Patil has denied each allegations.
Gujarat minister Kiritsinh Rana and the ruling BJP on Thursday refuted Malik’s allegations.
“I don’t know any of the individuals (named by Malik). We’re catching individuals (concerned in medicine commerce) in Gujarat, too. The legislation is equal for everybody and people who have accomplished something mistaken will likely be punished,” Rana stated.
“Malik ji, you must first examine how the drug mafia Sajjad managed to run this unlawful commerce with none concern from Mumbai and who was defending him until now. I’m happy with Gujarat police for seizing the medicine” minister of state for Dwelling Harsh Sanghavi stated in a tweet.
Malik on Thursday stated that Bollywood celebrities possessing few grams of medicine have been being penalised by central companies to create a notion that Mumbai is a hub of medicine. This was being accomplished to divert consideration from drug seizures in Gujarat and permit the unlawful commerce with out hurdle.
Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) in January and was launched on bail in September; Malik has alleged that Sameer was wrongly arrested. Fadnavis on November 1 had claimed that medicine have been present in Sameer Khan’s possession.
Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut on Thursday stated that the haul of medicine from Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district is a matter of concern, and stated that the NCB officers should research the 350-kg medicine that have been seized in September.
“It’s a matter of concern that medicine have been recovered from Dwarka. The officers and zonal administrators [of the NCB] who had bought worldwide acclaim by seizing a gram or half a gram [of drug], should research this 300-350 kg medicine. Over 3500kg of medicine was present in Gujarat earlier, now once more medicine have been recovered price about ₹100 crore. They have to see if the individuals from Gujarat movie business or kids of the wealthy have been concerned on this. The nation should know what the workforce of NCB is doing in Gujarat,” Raut stated in Delhi.
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