Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut
On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut for 10 hours in connection with the money laundering case. The Shiv Sena leader had appeared before the probe agency at 11 am.
“I will appear before the ED today at 12 noon. I respect the summons issued to me and it is my duty to cooperate with the investigating agencies. I appeal to Shiv Sena workers not to gather at the ED office. Worry! ” Raut had earlier said in a tweet.
The ED had sent him a second summon to appear before July 1 after he failed to appear in his first summons on Monday due to the then political crisis in Maharashtra. Raut is being questioned in connection with the redevelopment of Patra Chawl in Mumbai.
In April this year, the ED had attached immovable properties worth Rs 11.15 crore including a flat in Dadar of Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha and eight land parcels in Kihim near Alibaug. Redevelopment scam.