ED attaches Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s linked assets in PMLA probe

Mumbai: The ED has attached eight land parcels in Alibaug and a flat in Mumbai’s Dadar suburb linked to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and his family under the anti-money laundering law, officials said on Tuesday.

Also Read :- Money laundering case: Delhi court grants bail to actress Jacqueline Fernandez in case linked to conman Sukesh

The federal probe agency issued a provisional attachment under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to freeze the land parcels (plots) and flat, they said.

The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to a Rs 1,034 crore worth land ‘scam’ related to the re-development of a ‘chawl’ in Mumbai.

Reacting to the ED action, Raut said, “I am not one to get scared, seize my property, shoot me, or send me to jail, Sanjay Raut is Balasaheb Thackeray’s follower & a Shiv Sainik, he’ll fight & expose everyone. I’m not one to stay quiet, let them dance. The truth will prevail.”

Also Read :- Punjab: Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri shot dead on Amritsar street, accused arrested

Separately, he tweeted in Hindi: “Untruth wins”.

असत्यमेव जयते!!

— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) April 5, 2022

The ED had arrested Maharashtra-based businessman Pravin Raut in this case in February and later filed a chargesheet too.

Also Read :- Aaditya Thackeray dubs ‘Gaddaar’ to ‘chaalis chor’ for those MLAs and MPs who join Eknath Shinde's camp

The agency had also questioned Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut last year in connection with another money laundering case linked to the PMC Bank fraud case and for her purported links with Pravin Raut’s wife Madhuri.