Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Aamir Gazdar, a close aide of the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, in a money laundering case before Mumbai court.

The agency had arrested Gazdar on February 16. ED official said that the 250-page charge sheet contains statements of five persons including Gazdar himself, Zakir Naik’s sister and an accountant of Naik’s NGO, Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).

The matter is likely to come up for further hearing before the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases tomorrow. Two days ago, the court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Zakir Naik who is believed to be in UAE.