Maharashtra : ED team reaches Sanjay Raut’s house, sword of arrest hanging in land scam
A team of Enforcement Directorate has now reached the house of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. It is being told that Sanjay Raut can be arrested. He can be taken to the ED office for questioning. Raut is under investigation in the Rs 1034-crore Patra Chawl scam and is accused of not cooperating in the investigation.
Actually, a big action has been taken on Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday morning. A team of Enforcement Directorate has reached the house in Bhandup, Mumbai. According to the information, this team reached his house due to non-cooperation in the investigation in the money laundering case related to Patra Chawl land scam. It is believed that the ED team can interrogate Raut by taking him into custody.
Mumbai | Enforcement Directorate officials at Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's residence, in connection with Patra Chawl land scam case pic.twitter.com/gFYdvR89zU
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ED team Sanjay Raut is already interrogating in the Patra Chawl land scam case of more than 1000 crores of Maharashtra. He was summoned by the ED on July 27. However, he did not appear before the authorities. After this, now ED officials have reached his house.
On the other hand, BJP leader Ram Kadam reacted when the ED team reached Sanjay Raut’s house. He said that there is a leader, so he will not be investigated, it cannot happen. Newspapers are running Saamana but are unable to face investigation. Whoever is in the country, who has done wrong, action will be taken against him.
What is the whole matter
Actually Patra Chawl in Goregaon area of Mumbai is the area of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority. There is an allegation of being a scam of about 1034 crores. In this case, assets worth Rs 9 crore of Sanjay Raut and Rs 2 crore of Raut’s wife Varsha have been attached.
It is alleged that real estate businessman Praveen Raut has cheated the people living in Patra Chawl. Praveen Raut is a friend of Sanjay Raut. A private company got the job of making 3000 flats in this area. But in 2011, parts of it were sold to other builders. In this case, Sanjay Raut is accused of money laundering.
