Sanjay Raut claimed that there is a conspiracy to weaken Maharashtra and the Shiv Sena.
Digital Desk: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) around midnight after being questioned in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam for more than six hours. Raut, however, asserted that he is being framed and is innocent.
According to MP Sanjay Raut, there is a conspiracy to weaken Maharashtra and the Shiv Sena.
The investigation agency had already summoned Raut on July 20, which he skipped and advised them through lawyers that he could only appear after August 7 because of the ongoing Parliamentary session. On July 1, he had already recorded his statement. In the case, the ED had attached Raut's properties in Dadar and Alibag.
Here’s everything you need to know about the case:
1. On Sunday morning, a team from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) visited Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's Mumbai home in connection with a money laundering investigation over alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a Mumbai "chawl."
2. In the evening, the ED seized him and began questioning him after hours of searching.
3. After the federal agency increased the pressure on Sanjay Raut, protests broke out across the nation. Workers for the Shiv Sena demonstrated against the ED action in some areas of Jammu and Pune.
4. During the raid on Sanjay Raut's home on Sunday in connection with the Patra chawl land fraud case, the ED seized cash worth Rs 11.50 lakh.
5. Raut was detained in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act of 2002, and he will likely be presented in court on Monday afternoon.
6. The MP's attorney, Vikrant Sabne, asserted that no paperwork pertaining to Patra Chawl was brought into ED custody, despite the fact that the central investigation agency took cash worth Rs 11.50 lakh from the MP's home.
7. The Crime Branch will ask for the Sena leader's custody when he appears in court in Mumbai later today, according to PTI.
8. The ED was looking into Raut in relation to a money laundering case involving purported anomalies in the redevelopment of a Mumbai "chawl." Varsha Raut, the wife of Sanjay Raut, and two of his accomplices had previously had assets worth over Rs 11.15 crore attached as part of the inquiry into the matter.
9. Sanjay Raut is being sought out by the agency in order to learn more about his "business and other relationships" with Pravin Raut and Patkar, as well as the real estate transactions involving his wife.
10. The ED had claimed that Pravin Raut appeared to be "operating as a front" or in cooperation with some powerful person after his arrest in February (s).
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