A Special PMLA Court here on Monday sent Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to a 14-day judicial custody till August 22, eight days after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money-laundering case. PMLA Court Special Judge M.G. Ltd., a subsidiary of the HDIL. In April the ED had attached properties belonging to Varsha Raut and Pravin Raut and two others, worth around Rs 11.15 crore as part of its probe.They included plots belonging to Pravin Raut in Palghar, Raigad, and a flat belonging to Sanjay Raut's wife in Mumbai, and properties she held jointly with another associate, Swapna Patkar. On July 1, Sanjay Raut was grilled for over 10 hours by the ED and then summoned again on at least two occasions, but he skipped the same citing the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.

Source: The Hindu August 08, 2022 23:03 UTC