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Updated: Jun 28, 2022 14:29 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 28 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate has granted time to Sanjay Raut to appear before it for questioning in connection with the money laundering case, the Shiv Sena MP’s lawyer said on Tuesday.
The lawyer further said that he had demanded 13-14 days time to present the documents in front of the probe agency.
“We had filed an application seeking some time to report before ED and it has been granted. We had demanded to provide 13-14 days time to present the documents in front of ED,” Raut’s lawyer said.
ED had summoned Raut to appear before the ED investigators at its regional office in Mumbai at 11 am. The summons was issued in connection with the re-development of Mumbai’s Patra Chawl.
However, amid the political crisis in Maharashtra, Raut had refused to appear before the ED.
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.
The federal agency said its investigation revealed that around Rs 100 crore was transferred from the real estate company, HDIL, to the account of Pravin Raut, who in…
