new Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday attached properties of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in connection with the Rs 1,034 crore ‘Patra Chawl’ land scam.
According to a PTI report, the agency has attached eight plots of land in Alibaug and a flat in Mumbai’s Dadar suburb to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and his family under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
The ED has issued a provisional attachment under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for freezing a piece of land (plot) and flat.
The properties have been attached to probe a money laundering case related to the Rs 1,034 crore land ‘scam’ related to the redevelopment of ‘Patra Chawl’ in Mumbai.
Soon after the ED action, Raut spoke to the media condemning the act and said that he is not afraid of any investigation and truth will prevail.
I am not going to fear, confiscate my property, shoot me or send me to jail, Sanjay Raut is a follower of Balasaheb Thackeray and Shiv Sainik, he will fight and expose everyone. I am not one to keep quiet, let them dance. Truth will prevail,” the Shiv Sena leader said.
#Watch “… I am not going to fear, confiscate my property, shoot me or send me to jail, Sanjay Raut is a follower of Balasaheb Thackeray and Shiv Sainik, he will fight and expose everyone. I am not one to remain silent, Let them dance. Truth will prevail”: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut pic.twitter.com/UzIdBKN9mc
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2022
In February, the ED had arrested Maharashtra-based businessman Praveen Raut, a former director of a company called Guru Ashish Construction Pvt Ltd, in the same money-laundering probe, and a chargesheet was also filed in the case.
The case against him pertains to alleged irregularities in the sale of FSI (Floor Space Index) of a plot of land by a firm affiliated to it, a subsidiary of Housing Development Infrastructure Limited.
HDIL is under investigation by the ED and some other agencies in connection with the alleged fraud of around Rs 4,300 crore in Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank.
The agency had also questioned Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut last year in connection with another money laundering case related to the PMC Bank fraud case and his alleged relationship with Praveen Raut’s wife Madhuri.