Special court in Mumbai extends judicial custody of Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut till Oct 10 in connection with Patra Chawl land scam case
A special court in Mumbai today, October 4 extended the judicial custody of Shiv Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut till the 10th of October in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case. The court also posted the hearing in his bail plea to 10 October.
Earlier, a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act Court had extended his judicial custody till 3 October. Raut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on the 1st of August in connection with the alleged Patra Chawl redevelopment scam case and has been in custody since.
The ED had recorded the Sena MP’s statement and later raided his home on 31 July, detained and then arrested him early on 1 August.
The case pertains to the stalled redevelopment project of the Patra Chawl for 672 tenants which was taken up by Guru Ashish Constructions Pvt. Ltd. in which Sanjay Raut’s close associate Pravin Raut was one of the Directors.
The ED has claimed that Pravin Raut benefitted to the tune of Rs 112 crore from the project and he had allegedly passed on a certain portion of the proceeds to Sanjay Raut and his wife.
