Sanjay Raut was arrested by the ED in the middle of the night, the interrogation took place throughout the day on Sunday

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has finally arrested Sanjay Raut. The ED has shown the arrest of Sanjay under PMLA at midnight i.e. 12 o’clock. Sanjay’s brother Sunil Raut reached the ED office at 12.30 pm. Later Sunil went back inside with a bag with him. The ED had allegedly taken Sanjay into custody on Sunday evening.

Brother Sunil Raut informed about the arrest of Sanjay Raut. He said that the ED is afraid of Sanjay Raut, so has arrested him. Sunil said that with the help of fake documents, efforts are being made to link Sanjay Raut with Patra Chawl. This arrest has been made only to suppress his voice. Whatever money (10 lakh) was received was for the visit of Shiv Sainiks to Ayodhya. Eknath Shinde Ayodhya Yatra is also written on that money. Some Shiv Sainiks have also raised slogans outside the ED office.

At present, Sanjay Raut will be produced in PMLA court after lunch on Monday afternoon. According to the information, ED has also seized Rs 11.50 lakh from Sanjay Raut’s house. At the same time, senior ED officers have also reached Mumbai from Delhi late at night. Sanjay Raut is being questioned.

After reaching the ED office, Sanjay Raut also spoke to the media. He said that efforts are being made to weaken Maharashtra, but he will not bow down. He said that the ED wants to arrest him by fabricating false evidence. However, in the meantime Sanjay Raut’s lawyer has claimed that he has only been called for questioning, not taken into custody. The news of Sanjay’s arrest came after about 6 hours.

Earlier, for about 9 hours, the ED team searched the house of Sanjay Raut. The ED had conducted this raid in the case of money laundering related to Patra Chawl scam. On Sunday, the ED team reached Raut’s house in Bhandup at 7 am. Around 4 pm, the ED took Sanjay Raut into custody. Supporters gathered outside Sanjay Raut’s house. He blocked the way for the ED team. However, the police removed him from there.

ED trying to frame Sanjay

Sanjay Raut’s brother Sunil Raut alleged that Sanjay is closest to Uddhav, so he has been called by the ED for questioning. ED has no evidence against Sanjay. She is only planning that if no evidence is found against Sanjay in this case then she should take him into custody in some other case.

Sanjay Raut said – will not leave the party

After reaching the ED office, Sanjay Raut spoke to the media. He said that efforts are being made to weaken Maharashtra. But he will not bow down nor will he leave the party.

This is Patra Chawl scam case

• According to the ED, Guru Ashish Construction was given the task of redeveloping Patra Chawl. This work was entrusted to him by MHADA. Under this, the houses of 672 tenants were to be redeveloped in Patra Chawl on 47 acres in Goregaon, Mumbai.
• According to ED, Guru Ashish Construction misled MHADA and sold this land to 9 builders for Rs 901.79 crore without constructing a flat. Later Guru Ashish Construction started a project called Meadows and raised Rs 138 crore for the flat from home buyers.
• Investigation revealed that the construction company illegally earned more than Rs 1,034.79 crore. Later, he illegally transferred this amount to his associates.
• According to the ED, Guru Ashish Construction Private Limited is the sister company of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL). Investigation revealed that HDIL had deposited about Rs 100 crore in Praveen Raut’s account.
• In 2010, Madhuri, wife of Praveen Raut, transferred Rs 83 lakh to the account of Varsha Raut, wife of Sanjay Raut. With this amount Varsha Raut bought a flat in Dadar. After the ED investigation started, Varsha Raut had sent Rs 55 lakh to Madhuri Raut’s account.
• According to ED, Praveen Raut along with Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan have misappropriated more than thousand crore rupees.
• The ED had raided the premises of Praveen Raut and his close aide Sujit Patkar. Praveen Raut and Sanjay Raut are reportedly friends. At the same time, Sujit Patkar is also considered close to Sanjay Raut. Sujit Patkar is also a partner in a wine trading company with Sanjay Raut’s daughter.