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Shiv Sena chief and four-time Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut, who was once arrested by way of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday round 12 am, has been produced earlier than a Particular Court docket beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, the place ED instances are normally heard.
The 18-hour dramatic sequence of occasions began with a raid by way of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Raut’s house at crack of dawn in Mumbai’s Bhandup space on Sunday, the place they performed a seek, wondered Raut, and by way of night, summoned him for wondering on the company’s native place of job.
The workforce additionally seized Rs 11.5 lakh in money right through the hunt, officers stated.
Raut, 60, was once taken into custody by way of the ED however was once no longer arrested. He spent the night time on the ED’s zonal place of job in south Mumbai’s Ballard Property.
He was once taken into custody at 12:05 am on Monday beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) as he was once no longer cooperating within the probe, officers claimed.
The ED had despatched a number of summons to the Sena chief which he skipped, following which he has been arrested. Previous, a month again he had even dared the ED to arrest him.
I’m being victimised: Raut
The Shiv Sena chief previous took to Twitter to allege that he was once being victimised at the directions of the Centre.
Shiv Sena firmly at the back of us: MP’s brother Sunil Raut
Sanjay Raut’s brother and Shiv Sena MLA Sunil Raut stated that with the arrest, the BJP is making an attempt to muzzle the voice of Shiv Sena.
“We don’t seem to be scared by way of all this bogus movements… Raut saheb will battle, all of us shall battle… the Shiv Sena will battle however won’t now earlier than the BJP, Sanjay Raut won’t ever go away the Sena,” he stated.
He stated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena stands firmly at the back of the Raut circle of relatives.
“The Shiv Sena and Uddhav ji stand solidly at the back of us. Our criminal battle (over Sanjay Raut’s arrest) has begun,” the Shiv Sena MLA from Vikhroli advised PTI.
The ED probe relates to alleged monetary irregularities within the redevelopment of Patra ‘chawl’ and comparable monetary assets transactions involving his spouse and alleged friends.
In April, the ED provisionally connected belongings price over Rs 11.15 crore belonging to Sanjay Raut’s spouse Varsha Raut and two of his friends as a part of this investigation.
The connected homes are within the type of land held by way of Pravin M Raut, Sanjay Raut’s aide and a former director of Guru Ashish Development Pvt Ltd, at Palghar, Saphale (a the town in Palghar) and Padgha (in Thane district).
Those belongings additionally come with a flat in Mumbai’s suburb Dadar held by way of Varsha Raut and 8 plots at Kihim seaside in Alibaug collectively held by way of Varsha Raut and Swapna Patkar, spouse of Sujit Patkar, a “shut affiliate” of Sanjay Raut, the ED had stated.
The ED got here to grasp right through the probe that Pravin allegedly paid Rs 55 lakh to Varsha. This was once paid from the checking account of Pravin’s spouse.
The cash was once termed as proceeds of crime by way of the ED.
It was once additionally alleged that the trip bills of Sanjay Raut have been borne by way of Pravin which integrated his resort keep and air tickets.
The ED had previous despatched Pune businessman Avinash Bhosale into custody within the DHFL-Sure Financial institution case, and the resources claimed that they sought after to grill Raut on this subject too.
Assets claimed that the Patra Chawl case of ED may be related to the DHFL case.
Safety group of workers stand guard on the place of abode of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut right through a raid by way of by way of ED officers, in Mumbai. (Photograph | PTI)
Who’s Raut?
Raut is an in depth aide of Shiv Sena President and previous Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray, plus the Leader Spokesperson of Shiv Sena and government editor of the SAAMANA Staff of newspapers.
Through the years, Raut changed into some of the virulent critics of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP) but even so rallying in combination the quite a lot of state and nationwide Opposition events.
He had long gone beneath the scanner of ED for the reason that time he performed a an important position within the formation of the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi govt which fell on June 29 after 31 months in energy.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI, IANS, and Categorical Information Provider)
Shiv Sena chief and four-time Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut, who was once arrested by way of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday round 12 am, has been produced earlier than a Particular Court docket beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, the place ED instances are normally heard.
The 18-hour dramatic sequence of occasions began with a raid by way of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Raut’s house at crack of dawn in Mumbai’s Bhandup space on Sunday, the place they performed a seek, wondered Raut, and by way of night, summoned him for wondering on the company’s native place of job.
The workforce additionally seized Rs 11.5 lakh in money right through the hunt, officers stated.
Raut, 60, was once taken into custody by way of the ED however was once no longer arrested. He spent the night time on the ED’s zonal place of job in south Mumbai’s Ballard Property.
He was once taken into custody at 12:05 am on Monday beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) as he was once no longer cooperating within the probe, officers claimed.
The ED had despatched a number of summons to the Sena chief which he skipped, following which he has been arrested. Previous, a month again he had even dared the ED to arrest him.
I’m being victimised: Raut
The Shiv Sena chief previous took to Twitter to allege that he was once being victimised at the directions of the Centre.
Shiv Sena firmly at the back of us: MP’s brother Sunil Raut
Sanjay Raut’s brother and Shiv Sena MLA Sunil Raut stated that with the arrest, the BJP is making an attempt to muzzle the voice of Shiv Sena.
“We don’t seem to be scared by way of all this bogus movements… Raut saheb will battle, all of us shall battle… the Shiv Sena will battle however won’t now earlier than the BJP, Sanjay Raut won’t ever go away the Sena,” he stated.
He stated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena stands firmly at the back of the Raut circle of relatives.
“The Shiv Sena and Uddhav ji stand solidly at the back of us. Our criminal battle (over Sanjay Raut’s arrest) has begun,” the Shiv Sena MLA from Vikhroli advised PTI.
What’s the case about?
The ED probe relates to alleged monetary irregularities within the redevelopment of Patra ‘chawl’ and comparable monetary assets transactions involving his spouse and alleged friends.
In April, the ED provisionally connected belongings price over Rs 11.15 crore belonging to Sanjay Raut’s spouse Varsha Raut and two of his friends as a part of this investigation.
The connected homes are within the type of land held by way of Pravin M Raut, Sanjay Raut’s aide and a former director of Guru Ashish Development Pvt Ltd, at Palghar, Saphale (a the town in Palghar) and Padgha (in Thane district).
Those belongings additionally come with a flat in Mumbai’s suburb Dadar held by way of Varsha Raut and 8 plots at Kihim seaside in Alibaug collectively held by way of Varsha Raut and Swapna Patkar, spouse of Sujit Patkar, a “shut affiliate” of Sanjay Raut, the ED had stated.
The ED got here to grasp right through the probe that Pravin allegedly paid Rs 55 lakh to Varsha. This was once paid from the checking account of Pravin’s spouse.
The cash was once termed as proceeds of crime by way of the ED.
It was once additionally alleged that the trip bills of Sanjay Raut have been borne by way of Pravin which integrated his resort keep and air tickets.
The ED had previous despatched Pune businessman Avinash Bhosale into custody within the DHFL-Sure Financial institution case, and the resources claimed that they sought after to grill Raut on this subject too.
Assets claimed that the Patra Chawl case of ED may be related to the DHFL case.
Safety group of workers stand guard on the place of abode of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut right through a raid by way of by way of ED officers, in Mumbai. (Photograph | PTI)
Who’s Raut?
Raut is an in depth aide of Shiv Sena President and previous Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray, plus the Leader Spokesperson of Shiv Sena and government editor of the SAAMANA Staff of newspapers.
Through the years, Raut changed into some of the virulent critics of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP) but even so rallying in combination the quite a lot of state and nationwide Opposition events.
He had long gone beneath the scanner of ED for the reason that time he performed a an important position within the formation of the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi govt which fell on June 29 after 31 months in energy.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI, IANS, and Categorical Information Provider)
