ED attaches Sanjay Raut's properties in Rs. 1,034 crore scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached eight land parcels in Alibaug and a flat in Mumbai's Dadar suburb linked to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and his family under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). According to reports, the action is linked to a money-laundering case involving Rs. 1,034 crore land scam for the redevelopment of a slum in Mumbai.
Properties worth over Rs 11 crore attached
According to a press release issued by the ED on Tuesday, immovable properties worth Rs 11.15 crore have been attached in a case relating to irregularities in the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl Project at Goregaon, Mumbai by Guru Ashish Construction Pvt Ltd. The probe agency also attached assets worth around Rs 9 crore of Sanjay Raut's friend Pravin Raut in the case.
Assets include lands in Palghar, Alibaug
The attached assets include lands in Palghar belonging to Pravin Raut, who is the former director of Guru Ashish Construction Pvt Ltd, a flat in Dadar held by Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha. The agency also attached plots at Kihim beach in Alibaug jointly held by Varsha and Swapna Patkar, wife of Sanjay Raut's family friend Sujit Patkar.
'I'm not the one to stay quiet...truth will prevail': Raut
Raut, in response to the development, stated that he is not afraid and will fight and expose everyone. "... I'm not the one to get scared, seize my property, shoot me, or send me to jail, Sanjay Raut is Balasaheb Thackeray's follower and a Shiv-Sainik, he'll fight and expose everyone. I'm not the one to stay quiet... The truth will prevail," he said.
ED had earlier questioned Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha
The ED had detained Pravin Raut in connection with the case in February and later filed a chargesheet against him. Varsha Raut was also earlier questioned by the probe agency in connection with another money laundering case linked to the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank fraud case, as well as her alleged ties to Pravin Raut's wife, Madhuri.
PMC bank fraud case worth Rs.4300 crore is under investigation
The HDIL (Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd) is under investigation by the ED as well as other agencies in connection with the case of alleged fraud at the PMC Bank worth Rs 4,300 crore.
