Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, Nov 11: Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan, who was arrested in a drug-related case early this year and is now out on bail has sent a legal notice to BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for leveling defamatory and false allegations against him.
According to the copy of the legal notice, shared on Twitter by Nawab Malik and his daughter Nilofer Malik Khan, Sameer Khan also demanded Rs 5 crore on account of mental torture, agony and financial loss.
Notably, on Nov 1 Fadnavis accused Sameer Khan of possessing drugs, while the investigation into the case is still going on. The investigation in the drug case involving Sameer Khan was resumed by the SIT team on Monday. Sameer Khan was arrested on January 13 by the NCB for dealing with commercial quantities of the drug.
Commenting on the legal notice, Nawab Malik said, “My daughter has sent a legal notice to former CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis over his allegation that drugs were found at our residence. We will file a defamation case against Fadnavis if he does not apologize to us.”
