Raut was arrested by the central agency on July 31 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the redevelopment of a chawl project in a northern suburb of Mumbai and related transactions involving his wife and ‘associates’.
The ED is investigating alleged violation of PMLA in a case pertaining to the irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl by Guru Ashish Construction Pvt Ltd a subsidiary of HDIL.
The agency had earlier arrested Pravin Raut, a close associate of Sanjay Raut and attached properties belonging to the Shiv Sena leader’s wife Varsha Raut.
In April, the ED provisionally attached assets worth over ₹11.15 crore of Raut’s wife Varsha Raut and two of his associates as part of this investigation.
The attached properties comprise land held by Pravin M Raut, Sanjay Raut’s aide and a former director of Guru Ashish Construction Pvt Ltd, at Palghar, Saphale (town in Palghar) and Padgha (in Thane district).
Source: Barandbench
