Abdul Kadir Najmudin Sathak, an alleged aide of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, on Wednesday denied that he helped the controversial televangelist with money laundering.
Sathak, a jeweller, was arrested Friday under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA).
He is accused of helping Naik by transferring "funds of dubious origin from the UAE (United Arab Emirates) to facilitate production and broadcasting of incriminating videos for spreading communal hatred and radicalisation of a particular community".
In his bail plea before special PMLA judge M S Azmi, filed after he was sent in judicial custody, Sathak said there was nothing to show that he "acquired or dealt with any property" obtained through crime.