What is Patra Chawl Scam?
The Patra Chawl land scam started in 2007. The scam is alleged to have taken place with the connivance of Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA), Praveen Raut, Guru Ashish Construction and Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL). In 2007, MHADA entrusted the work of redevelopment of Patra Chawl to Guru Ashish Construction. This construction was to be done in Siddharth Nagar of Goregaon. A total of 672 houses have been built in 47 acres of MHADA land. After the redevelopment, Guru Ashish was to give more than three and a half thousand flats to the company. After constructing the flats for MHADA, the remaining land was to be sold to private developers. Even after 14 years, the company did not give flats to the people.
What is the connection of Sanjay Raut?
It is alleged that instead of building a flat, Guru Ashish Construction sold 47 acres of land to eight different builders. From this the company earned Rs 1034 crore. In March 2018, MHADA lodged an FIR against Guru Ashish Construction. The matter was referred to the Economic Offenses Wing. The EOW arrested Praveen Raut in February 2020. Praveen Raut is said to be close to Sanjay Raut. He was a director in HDIL along with Sarang Wadhawan and Rakesh Wadhawan in the company. The Wadhawan brothers are the main accused in the PMC Bank scam. Praveen Raut was granted bail by the court but Praveen was arrested by the ED in the PMC Bank scam case.
