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Updated: Jul 01, 2022 12:04 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday reached the office of the Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case.
He will be questioned by the officials for his alleged role in the matter.
Raut has also appealed to the Shiv Sena workers to not gather in front of the probe agency’s office.
The Rajya Sabha MP was scheduled to appear for questioning on Tuesday. However, his lawyer had sought 13-14 days time to present the documents in front of the probe agency, but, the request was declined by the Agency.
The ED had sent him a second summons to appear before July 1, after he failed to appear in his first summon on Monday due to the then political crisis in Maharashtra.
Raut is being probed in connection with the re-development of Mumbai’s Patra Chawl.
In April this year, the ED had attached immovable properties worth Rs 11.15 crore, including a flat at Dadar, held by Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha and eight land parcels at Kihim near Alibag, jointly held by the latter with Swapna Patkar, in connection with the redevelopment scam. Swapna is the wife of Sujit Patkar, a close associate of the Sena leader.
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