• Sanjay Raut's ED custody ends today; will appear in court today

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    Sanjay Raut's ED custody ends today; will appear in court today

    On Monday, ED's counsel, Hiten Venegaonkar, told the court that Raut and his family were direct beneficiaries of Rs.1.06 crore of the Rs.112 crore received by Pravin Raut from real estate firm Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL). color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">

    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Digital Desk: Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut
    will be produced in a special court on Thursday, after his three-day detention
    by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). On Monday, the court remanded Raut in the
    custody of the ED after the agency said he and his family received 1.06 crore
    in "tainted money" from his "front man," Pravin Raut, who
    was arrested earlier in the case.



    mso-themecolor:text1">Sanjay Raut was arrested late Sunday night in connection
    with a money laundering case filed in connection with the Patra Chawl
    redevelopment project. On Monday, ED's counsel, Hiten Venegaonkar, told the
    court that Raut and his family were direct beneficiaries of Rs.1.06 crore of
    the Rs.112 crore received by Pravin Raut from real estate firm Housing
    Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL).



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    Varsha Raut, Sanjay Raut's wife, was shown to
    have received 13.94 lakh as a return on her investment of 5,625 in Avani
    Infrastructure, a firm registered in the name of Pravin Raut's wife, Madhuri.



     



    The ED's case against Raut is based on an
    earlier one filed in March 2018 against HDIL promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and his
    son Sarang Wadhawan, Guruashish Construction Pvt Ltd - a subsidiary of HDIL
    that oversaw the redevelopment of Patra Chawl in Goregaon - and its director
    Pravin Raut, among others.



     



    The ED claimed Sanjay Raut was also a part of
    a larger plot hatched by the Wadhawans and Pravin Raut to steal money from the
    Patra Chawl project. The Rauts, according to the ED's remand application,
    floated Avani Infrastructure for the purpose.