India, Nov. 14 -- A special PMLA court in Mumbai has rejected the discharge application filed by a real estate firm run by the family of former Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik in a money laundering case linked to fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, and has directed that charges be framed against all the accused.

While dismissing the discharge plea of M/s Malik Infrastructure, Special Judge Satyanarayan R Navander on Tuesday stated that there exists "sufficient material on record to frame charges against all the accused for the offences punishable under Section 3 read with Section 70, punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002".

The court has directed the accused to remain prese...