Maharashtra Waqf Board members ‘connected’ to Dawood Ibrahim? Devendra Fadnavis gives pen drive ‘proof’

Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra FadnavisPhoto : ANIMumbai: Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Monday claimed that he has submitted a pen drive in which Waqf Board members are talking about their connection with fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Fadnavis demanded that the case should be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Earlier, BJP leader Fadnavis had alleged that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government appointed people with links to Dawood Ibrahim on the state’s Waqf Board.The former Maharashtra chief minsiter has alleged that the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government has appointed people with links to Ibrahim on the Waqf Board. Briefing the Maharashtra Assembly, Fadnavis said a pen drive he had submitted contained a conversation between Waqf Board members Mohammad Arshad Khan and Mudasir Lambe.Speaking inside the House, the Leader of Opposition said that pen drive proof contains conversation of Lambe in which he claims that his father-in-law was an associate of Dawood Ibrahim, while Khan said his uncle was part of the underworld.Related NewsDevendra Fadnavis, other BJP leaders detained by cops; releasedMVA govt dedicated to Dawood Ibrahim, says Devendra Fadnavis, seeks Nawab Malik’s resignationMeanwhile, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik’s daughter Sana Malik-Shaikh categorically rejected Fadnavis’s allegation that the Maha Vikas Aghadi government appointed people with links to Dawood Ibrahim on the state’s Waqf Board.Sana Malik-Shaikh claimed that Mudasir Lambe, whom Fadnavis was accused of having links with Ibrahim, was appointed on the Board by the previous Maharashtra government led by him, Fadnavis was the CM of Maharashtra from 2014-19.”Half Truth is Full Lie!! Dr. Lambe was appointed a Waqf Board member by Fadnavis/BJP govt on 13 Sept 2019. Maha Vikas Aghadi govt was established in November 2019. My father got Minority/Waqf Dept in the first week of Jan 2020.@Dev_Fadnavis with D-Gang Relative & a Rape Accused,” Sana Malik-Shaikh tweeted.Related News‘Remove Gandhi’s photo from…’: FIR against Narayan Rane’s sons for linking Sharad Pawar with Dawood IbrahimMalik’s daughter also tweeted Lambe’s picture with Fadnavis.Notably, Nawab malik is in judicial custody in connection with an alleged money-laundering probe linked to the activities of Ibrahim.

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