July 31, 2022
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Jhukega nahi, says Sanjay Raut after ED turns up heat; BJP, Uddhav camp trade barbs

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An Enforcement Directorate (ED) team showed up at Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s residence in Mumbai on Sunday Morning and detained him after conducting hours of search. Raut is being probed in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities involving the re-development of a Mumbai ‘chawl’.

The Shiv Sena leader left for the Enforcement Directorate office in his vehicle after the raids as his supporters had gathered outside his house.

He is being questioned by the probe agency since 7am.

NO DOCUMENT OF PATRA CHAWL TAKEN INTO ED CUSTODY: SANJAY RAUT’S LAWYER

Even as the central probe agency seized cash worth Rs 11.50 lakh from the MP’s house, his lawyer, Vikrant Sabne claimed that no document related to Patra chawl was taken into ED custody.

“Sanjay Raut was summoned this afternoon. We accepted it and came here. There are some documents related to properties that have been seized but there is no document of Patra Chawl as he is not involved in it,” Sabne said.

PROBE AGENCY’S NON-COOPERATION ALLEGATIONS

According to ED sources, Sanjay Raut was not cooperating with the ED officers. When the officers asked him to leave for the ED office, he told them that he was a sitting MP and sought time till August 7, sources said.

Meanwhile, Sanjay Raut’s brother, Sunil, refuted the allegations of the Rauts not cooperating with the central agency’s investigation.

“We have let them look into all corners of our house. Accusations of non-cooperation are false,” he said.

Sanjay Raut’s brother, Sunil, said the ED action had been taken against him due to his closeness to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

WHAT BJP SAYS

Union minister Raosaheb Danve commented on the ED raid at Sanjay Raut’s Mumbai residence and said, “CBI and ED work independently. It has nothing to do with politics.”

Maharashtra BJP secretary and former MP Nilesh N Rane slammed Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut after he was detained by the ED. “Sanjay Raut should give interview in jail as he has no option left,” the BJP leader said.

UDDHAV SENA’S REACTIONS

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said the central agency’s move was an attempt to silence one of the most vocal opponents of the central/ state BJP and their wrongdoings.

SHINDE CAMP AND OTHER PARTIES’ REACTIONS

Maharashtra MLA and a member of the rebel Shiv Sena, Deepak Kesarkar, has said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s meeting with top BJP leaders in Delhi was not connected to Enforcement Directorate (ED) action on Sanjay Raut.

“CM’s meeting in Delhi with top BJP leaders yesterday was about cabinet expansion and had nothing to do with Sanjay Raut,” Kesarkar said.

Also read: ED detains Sanjay Raut in land scam case, Sena MP says will not bow down

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said, “If he hasn’t done anything wrong, why is he scared? He was a big MVA leader. Just because one’s scared of the ED, one shouldn’t come to our party.”

SANJAY RAUT’S COMMENTS

MP Sanjay Raut said there was a conspiracy going on to weaken Shiv Sena and Maharashtra.

Also read: Patra Chawl case: Will keep fighting, tweets Sanjay Raut as ED shows up at his home

“This attempt to weaken Maharashtra will not succeed,” Uddhav camp’s Sanjay Raut said while speaking to reporters outside the ED office. “I will not bow or leave my party,” Raut said.

Protests erupted in various parts of the country after ED officials detained Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. Shiv Sena workers protested in Jammu and Pune against the ED action.

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