Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, arrested by the ED in a mone-laundering case, was admitted to hospital on Monday after he complained of fever and diarrhoea, his lawyer told a special court here and claimed that Malik`s health had deteriorated and he was in a "serious" condition.

Last week, Malik (62), who was lodged in the Arthur Road jail here, had sought interim bail on medical ground from the special court for trial of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs.