Raut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 31 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the redevelopment of a chawl project in a northern suburb of Mumbai.
He was summoned for questioning in the re-development of Patra chawl and related transactions involving his wife and ‘associates’. ED had earlier interrogated Raut for over 10 hours on July 1 before summoning him again on July 20.
The Rajya Sabha member did not answer the summons, citing the ongoing session of Parliament. Thereafter, a search and seizure operation was conducted at Raut’s Bhandup residence on Sunday.
After questioning the members of his household for over nine hours, the investigators took the MP to the agency’s office at Ballard Pier, Mumbai later in the afternoon. He was then arrested around midnight.
Source: Barandbench
