Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut formally arrested by ED | Twitter/ Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut was arrested post-midnight in a cash laundering case associated to the Patra Chawl redevelopment case. The event was confirmed to FPJ by an ED official aware of the probe.
Sanjay Raut’s brother Sunil Raut too had gone contained in the ED workplace round 12 am. He got here exterior ED workplace after 20 minutes.
ED seizes Rs 11.50 lakh unaccounted cash from Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut’s residence
The Enforcement Directorate officers on Sunday seized Rs 11.50 lakh unaccounted money from the residence of Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut, sources stated.
ED sleuths reached Raut’s residence round 7 am right this moment and carried out the raid.
Quickly after the ED officers detained him in reference to the Patra Chawl land rip-off case, the Shiv Sena chief stated that he “he will not be cowed down”.
On June 28 this 12 months, Sanjay Raut was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to the prevention of the cash laundering case pertaining to the Rs 1,034 crore Patra Chawl land rip-off.
Refusing to affix the probe and citing the Monsoon Session of Parliament as a purpose for not becoming a member of the probe, he had then dared the probe company to arrest him. Later, he reached the ED workplace.
The ED, which took Pune-based businessman Avinash Bhosale into custody earlier in reference to the DHFL-Sure Financial institution case, desires to grill Raut on this matter too, as per sources. They claimed that Patra Chawl case of ED can also be linked to the DHFL case.
In April, the ED provisionally hooked up property price over Rs 11.15 crore of Raut’s spouse Varsha Raut and two of his associates as a part of this investigation.
The hooked up properties are within the type of land held by Pravin M Raut, Sanjay Raut’s aide and a former director of Guru Ashish Building Pvt Ltd, at Palghar, Saphale (city in Palghar) and Padgha (in Thane district).
The hooked up properties additionally embrace a flat in Mumbai’s suburb Dadar held by Varsha Raut and eight plots at Kihim seaside in Alibaug collectively held by Varsha Raut and Swapna Patkar, spouse of Sujit Patkar, the ED stated in a press release.
In accordance with the ED, Sujit Patkar is an in depth affiliate of Sanjay Raut. After arresting Pravin Raut in February, the ED had stated he seems to be “performing as a entrance” or in collusion with some influential individual(s).
The company had stated throughout the probe it was revealed he made funds to sure “politically uncovered individuals”.
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