The ED taking away a state minister for probe without any prior information is violation of everything,' he claimed. Some people may be deliberately trying to trouble him. The ED had brought with it its own police. ''The ED reached his (Malik's) residence at 6 am without issuing any notice. Talking to reporters in Solapur, Maharashtra NCP president and state minister Jayant Patil said this was another instance of ''misuse of power''. Voices of truth cannot be silenced,' Crasto tweeted. 'He was exposing the wrongdoings of some people as a Chief Spokesperson of a political party. NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto alleged that the action against Malik was nothing but 'pressure tactics' to silence his voice. The 62-year-old NCP leader is stated to have arrived at the ED's office in south Mumbai's Ballard Estate area around 8 am and the agency is recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they added. The ED on Wednesday questioned state Minority Affairs Minister and NCP's chief spokesperson Malik in a money laundering probe linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld, fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides, officials said.

The BJP, however, said the ED should be allowed to complete its inquiry into the case instead of dubbing the action as ''vendetta politics''. The NCP on Wednesday claimed Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case was another instance of misuse of power and a pressure tactic to ''silence his voice'' since he had exposed wrongdoings of some people in the recent past.

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