The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials conducted search and questioning at Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s house in Mumbai after he skipped summons twice for questioning in a money-laundering case. Raut was summoned for questioning by the ED in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the re-development of a Mumbai ‘chawl’ and related transactions involving his wife and ‘associates’.
In a series of tweets, posted in Marathi, Raut said he won’t leave Shiv Sena despite the action by the central investigating agency, suggesting that he was being targeted due to political vendetta. “I will not leave Shiv Sena..Even if I die, I will not surrender,” the Rajya Sabha member tweeted.He also took oath in the name of Shiv Sena founder and late firebrand leader Bal Thackeray, claiming that he has nothing to do with any scam.“I swear by late Balasabheb Thackeray that I have nothing to do with any scam…Balasaheb taught us to fight..I will continue to fight for Shiv Sena,” Raut wrote on Twitter.
In April, the ED provisionally attached assets worth over Rs 11.15 crore of Raut’s wife Varsha Raut and two of his associates as part of this investigation.The agency wants to question Sanjay Raut to know about his “business and other links” with his close associates Pravin Raut and Sujit Patkar and also about the property deals involving his wife. Pravin Raut was arrested in a probe linked to a ₹ 1,034-crore alleged land scam related to the re-development of the Patra chawl in Goregaon area. He is currently in judicial custody.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials conducted search and questioning at Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s house in Mumbai after he skipped summons twice for questioning in a money-laundering case. Raut was summoned for questioning by the ED in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the re-development of a Mumbai ‘chawl’ and related transactions involving his wife and ‘associates’.
In a series of tweets, posted in Marathi, Raut said he won’t leave Shiv Sena despite the action by the central investigating agency, suggesting that he was being targeted due to political vendetta. “I will not leave Shiv Sena..Even if I die, I will not surrender,” the Rajya Sabha member tweeted.He also took oath in the name of Shiv Sena founder and late firebrand leader Bal Thackeray, claiming that he has nothing to do with any scam.“I swear by late Balasabheb Thackeray that I have nothing to do with any scam…Balasaheb taught us to fight..I will continue to fight for Shiv Sena,” Raut wrote on Twitter.
In April, the ED provisionally attached assets worth over Rs 11.15 crore of Raut’s wife Varsha Raut and two of his associates as part of this investigation.The agency wants to question Sanjay Raut to know about his “business and other links” with his close associates Pravin Raut and Sujit Patkar and also about the property deals involving his wife. Pravin Raut was arrested in a probe linked to a ₹ 1,034-crore alleged land scam related to the re-development of the Patra chawl in Goregaon area. He is currently in judicial custody.
