AMN / WEB DESK
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials today detained Shivsena leader Sanjay Raut in the Patra Chawl case. Earlier in the day, the ED conducted a search at Sanjay Raut’s residence in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case. The case was linked to alleged irregularities involving the re-development of a Mumbai ‘chawl.’
Officials informed that the action follows two summonses issued by the ED against Raut, the latest being on July 27.
Raut was earlier summoned by the probe agency on July 20 which he skipped and informed through his lawyers that due to the ongoing Parliament session, he could appear only after August 7. He had recorded his statement once on July 1. The ED had attached Raut’s properties in Dadar and Alibag in the case.
The Rajya Sabha MP, who is in the Uddhav Thackeray camp, had denied any wrongdoing and alleged that he was being targeted due to political vendetta. Raut was asked to depose at the agency’s regional office in Mumbai.
Following the search, the MP tweeted: “I have nothing to do with any scam. I am saying this by taking the oath of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray. Balasaheb taught us to fight and I will continue to fight for Shiv Sena.”