Sanjay Raut’s ED custody to end today, to be presented in court

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Mumbai,
Aug
08:
The
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED)
will
produce
Shiv
Sena
MP
Sanjay
Raut,
arrested
in
a
money
laundering
case,
before
a
special
court
in
Mumbai
on
Monday.
The
court
last
Thursday
extended
Raut’s
ED
custody
till
August
8,
while
noting
the
agency
had
made
“remarkable
progress” in
the
probe
into
the
money
laundering
case
involving
the
Shiv
Sena
leader.

The
ED
had
then
sought
his
further
custody
for
eight
days,
saying
it
has
unearthed
a
new
trail
of
money.

Raut,
a
Rajya
Sabha
member,
was
found
to
be
beneficiary
of
Rs
1.17
crore
of
proceeds
of
crime
in
addition
of
Rs
1.06
crore
that
had
come
to
light
earlier,
it
claimed.

Did
Sanjay
Raut
write
Saamna
column
from
jail?
ED
to
question
Shiv
Sena
MP

The
Shiv
Sena
leader
was
arrested
on
August
1
in
connection
with
alleged
financial
irregularities
in
the
redevelopment
of
the
Patra
Chawl
(row
tenement)
in
suburban
Goregaon,
news
agency
PTI
reported.

The
documents
seized
during
the
probe
showed
the
purchase
of
properties
at
Alibaug
in
neighbouring
Raigad
district
by
Raut
involved
substantial
cash
transactions,
the
ED
had
said.

As
much
as
Rs
1.08
crore
was
found
in
the
bank
account
of
Sanjay
Raut’s
wife
Varsha
Raut,
the
probe
agency
had
claimed.

The
ED
on
Saturday
questioned
Varsha
Raut
for
more
than
nine
hours
in
connection
with
the
case
and
recorded
her
statement.

Sanjay
Raut,
60,
is
a
close
aide
of
Shiv
Sena
president
and
former
Maharashtra
chief
minister
Uddhav
Thackeray.

He
has
denied
any
wrongdoing
and
called
the
case
against
him
as
“false”.