Mumbai, August 1: A Special Court in Mumbai on Monday remanded Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to ED custody till August 4 in Patra Chawl Land Scam case. Raut was arrested by Enforcement Directorate earlier today after conducting a nine-hour search at his residence, during which Rs 11.5 lakh in cash was seized.
During the hearing, Raut’s lawyer, Advocate Ashok Mundargi told the court that the Sena MP’s arrest is politically motivated. “He is a patient with a heart-related ailment and had also undergone surgery. Papers related to this have been presented before the court,”
The Sena MP was detained after over six hours of questioning at the ED’s zonal office in south Mumbai’s Ballard Estate shortly after Sunday midnight. He was taken into custody at 12:05 am on Monday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as he was not cooperating in the probe, ED officials claimed.
Raut was presented in a PMLA court today where the ED sought 8-day custody of the MP. Before entering the ED office, Raut told media that the federal agency’s action was aimed at trying to weaken the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra and that a “false” case was prepared against him.
A Special Court in Mumbai on Monday remanded Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to ED custody till August 4 in Patra Chawl Land Scam case. Raut was arrested by Enforcement Directorate earlier today after conducting a nine-hour search at his residence, during which Rs 11.5 lakh in cash was seized.
During the hearing, Raut’s lawyer, Advocate Ashok Mundargi told the court that the Sena MP’s arrest is politically motivated. “He is a patient with a heart-related ailment and had also undergone surgery. Papers related to this have been presented before the court,”
The Sena MP was detained after over six hours of questioning at the ED’s zonal office in south Mumbai’s Ballard Estate shortly after Sunday midnight. He was taken into custody at 12:05 am on Monday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as he was not cooperating in the probe, ED officials claimed.
Raut was presented in a PMLA court today where the ED sought 8-day custody of the MP. Before entering the ED office, Raut told media that the federal agency’s action was aimed at trying to weaken the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra and that a “false” case was prepared against him.
