Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A court here on Wednesday granted bail to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by local BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya. The NCP leader tried to link Bharatiya with the NCB's drug raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast last year, the complaint alleges. India News | Maha Minister Nawab Malik Gets Bail in Defamation Case Filed by BJP Leader.