The special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases in Mumbai remanded Aamir Gazdar, a close aide of the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, in judicial custody till March 8. <br/><br/>The Enforcement Directorate, which arrested Gazdar on February 16, recommended his judicial custody. In the remand application, the ED said during the interrogation Gazdar gave details of the quantum of cash transactions handled by him at the instance of Naik, but did not give further information. There was discrepancy between his actual income and disclosed income. <br/>In a related development, Gazdar's lawyer Mahesh Mule filed an application claiming the ED recorded Gazdar's statement under duress and that he wanted to retract it now. The ED had registered a case against Naik last December under the PMLA. Naik, also facing a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, is said to be in Saudi Arabia.