The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday summoned Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha in connection with alleged money laundering in the Patra ‘Chawl’ redevelopment case. The summons came hours after Raut’s ED remand was extended by the court in the case.
The ED said summons were issued after transactions done on Varsha Raut’s account came to light.
During Thursday’s hearing in the court, the ED said an amount worth ₹1.08 crore was received in the account of Varsha Raut from unrelated persons.
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The ED has alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra ‘chawl’ and related financial property transactions involving the Sena MP’s wife and alleged associates.
In April, the ED had provisionally attached assets worth over ₹11.15 crore belonging to Varsha Raut and two of his associates as part of this investigation.
The attached properties are in the form of land held by Pravin M Raut, Sanjay Raut’s aide and a former director of Guru Ashish Construction Pvt Ltd, at Palghar, Saphale (town in Palghar) and Padgha (in Thane district).
These assets also include a flat in Mumbai’s suburb Dadar held by Varsha Raut and eight plots at Kihim beach in Alibaug jointly held by Varsha Raut and Swapna Patkar, wife of Sujit Patkar, a “close associate” of Sanjay Raut, the ED had said.
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