Shiv Sena Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Raut has approached a Mumbai Court seeking bail in a money laundering case..Raut, who is presently in judicial custody, is likely to mention the plea before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) tomorrow..Raut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 31 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the redevelopment of a chawl project in a northern suburb of Mumbai.He was summoned for questioning in the re-development of Patra chawl and related transactions involving his wife and ‘associates’. ED had earlier interrogated Raut for over 10 hours on July 1 before summoning him again on July 20.The Rajya Sabha member did not answer the summons, citing the ongoing session of Parliament. Thereafter, a search and seizure operation was conducted at Raut's Bhandup residence on Sunday.After questioning the members of his household for over nine hours, the investigators took the MP to the agency's office at Ballard Pier, Mumbai later in the afternoon. He was then arrested around midnight..ED is investigating alleged violations of PMLA in a case pertaining to the irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra chawl by Guru Ashish Construction, a subsidiary of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL).The agency had earlier arrested Pravin Raut, a close associate and aide of Sanjay Raut, and attached properties belonging to the Shiv Sena leader’s wife Varsha Raut.In April, the ED provisionally attached assets worth over ₹11.15 crore of Raut’s wife Varsha and two of his associates as part of this investigation..The special court had passed an order on August 1 granting four-day custody to ED, which was extended till August 8. Thereafter, he was remanded to judicial custody which has been extended twice till September 19.
Shiv Sena Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Raut has approached a Mumbai Court seeking bail in a money laundering case..Raut, who is presently in judicial custody, is likely to mention the plea before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) tomorrow..Raut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 31 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the redevelopment of a chawl project in a northern suburb of Mumbai.He was summoned for questioning in the re-development of Patra chawl and related transactions involving his wife and ‘associates’. ED had earlier interrogated Raut for over 10 hours on July 1 before summoning him again on July 20.The Rajya Sabha member did not answer the summons, citing the ongoing session of Parliament. Thereafter, a search and seizure operation was conducted at Raut's Bhandup residence on Sunday.After questioning the members of his household for over nine hours, the investigators took the MP to the agency's office at Ballard Pier, Mumbai later in the afternoon. He was then arrested around midnight..ED is investigating alleged violations of PMLA in a case pertaining to the irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra chawl by Guru Ashish Construction, a subsidiary of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL).The agency had earlier arrested Pravin Raut, a close associate and aide of Sanjay Raut, and attached properties belonging to the Shiv Sena leader’s wife Varsha Raut.In April, the ED provisionally attached assets worth over ₹11.15 crore of Raut’s wife Varsha and two of his associates as part of this investigation..The special court had passed an order on August 1 granting four-day custody to ED, which was extended till August 8. Thereafter, he was remanded to judicial custody which has been extended twice till September 19.
