Mumbai: Responding to allegations made by former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Wednesday said that Fadnavis was involved in extortion of thousands of crores.
Malik said in a press conference that Devendra Fadnavis gave posts to people from the underworld. He further alleged that following the demonetisation in the country five years ago fakes notes of Rs. 2000 and RS. 500 were being seized in the country, but in Maharashtra, not a single such case was reported for a year because the racket of fake currency was going on under the patronage of Devendra Fadnavis.
The minister said that on October 8, 2017, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raided BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex) in which fake currency notes worth Rs 14.56 crore were seized but Rs 8.80 lakh was shown in the seizure.
Malik further alleged that those running the racket of counterfeit notes were given protection by the then government. He said that the business of fake currency notes is being spread in Bangladesh via ISI-Pakistan-Dawood.