Mumbai: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has been remanded in judicial custody till September 5th by a special court on Monday after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in whose custody he has been since 14 days. The agency had arrested him in a money laundering case concerning Goregaon’s Patra Chawl.
After being in the ED's custody initially, the Sena leader was sent to judicial custody for 14 days on August 8.
On Monday, August 22, special Judge MG Deshpande, hearing cases related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), extended Raut's custody. The ED told the court that its probe into the case was still on.
The ED's investigation pertains to alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of the Patra 'chawl' and related financial transactions involving Raut's wife and associates.
Raut, a close aide of Shiv Sena president and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, has denied any wrongdoing and called the ED case against him "false".
(With PTI inputs)
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