ED likely to summon Praful Patel again over Dawood aide links

Former aviation minister and NCP leader Praful Patel is likely to be summoned again by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) next week over his alleged links with gangster Dawood Ibrahim's aide Iqbal Mirchi, sources said.

On Friday, Praful Patel was questioned by the ED for 12 hours in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to the alleged illegal assets of Iqbal Mirchi. The ED has found evidence regarding a monetary transaction between Praful Patel's firm Millennium Developer Private Ltd and Iqbal Mirchi's son Asif Memon. The transaction made is said to be a multi-crore transaction.

However, Patel, during a press conference, claimed that there had been no monetary transaction between his or his company and members of the Mirchi family.