The ED has called Varsha Raut for her statement in the case on January 5
MUMBAI: In a development that may result in further trouble for Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties of a businessman in a bank scam where the financial trail leads to Raut’s wife, Varsha.
The ED on Friday attached properties worth Rs 72 crore of businessman Pravin Raut in the HDIL-PMC bank money laundering case and said Rs 55 lakh of the tainted money was transferred to Varsha Raut through Pravin Raut’s wife Madhuri. Pravin Raut is no relation of Sanjay Raut.
MUMBAI: In a development that may result in further trouble for Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties of a businessman in a bank scam where the financial trail leads to Raut s wife, Varsha.
The ED on Friday attached properties worth Rs 72 crore of businessman Pravin Raut in the HDIL-PMC Bank money laundering case and said Rs 55 lakh of the tainted money was transferred to Varsha Raut through Pravin Raut s wife Madhuri.
A press release issued by the ED on Friday said, Investigation also revealed that Pravin Raut paid Rs 1.6 crore to his wife Madhuri from the proceeds of crime. Out of the said money, Madhuri Raut transferred Rs 55 lakh (Rs 50 lakh on December 23, 2010 and Rs 5 lakh on March 15, 2011) as interest-free loan to Varsha Raut. The amount was further utilised for purchase of flat in Dadar (East). Investigation further revealed that Varsha and Madhuri are partners in Avani Construction. Varsha Raut has received Rs 12
The ED on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 72 crore of a Maharashtra-based man whose wife s alleged transaction with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut s spouse is under its scanner in the over Rs 4,300 crore PMC Bank money laundering case. The central probe agency alleged that the man, Pravin Raut, had siphoned off Rs 95 crore worth of funds from the scam-hit bank in the garb of loan, out of which he paid Rs 1.6 crore to his wife, Madhuri Raut, who subsequently transferred Rs 55 lakh in two tranches to Varsha Raut, wife of Sanjay Raut, as an interest-free loan. The ED recently summoned Varsha Raut for questioning with regard to this transaction and a few other deals leading to a political blame game between Maharashtra and the Centre with various constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) led state government alleging that the Centre was using federal probe agencies to harass them.
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Sanjay Raut had denied any wrongdoing on the part of his wife and said they were in correspondence with the ED in connection with the case
Raut is a Rajya Sabha MP and also a spokesperson of the Shiv Sena, which is in power in Maharashtra and is a former ally of the BJP
He said details regarding the Rs 55 lakh loan transaction have already been submitted to the ED during the correspondence
New Delhi: The ED on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 72 crore of a Maharashtra-based man whose wife s alleged transaction with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut s spouse is under its scanner in the over Rs 4,300 crore PMC Bank money laundering case.
NEW DELHI: The ED on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 72 crore of a Maharashtra-based man whose wife s alleged transaction with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut s spouse is under its scanner in the over Rs 4,300 crore PMC Bank money laundering case. The central probe agency alleged that the man, Pravin Raut, had siphoned off Rs 95 crore worth of funds from the scam-hit bank in the garb of loan, out of which he paid Rs 1.6 crore to his wife, Madhuri Raut, who subsequently transferred Rs 55 lakh in two tranches to Varsha Raut, wife of Sanjay Raut, as an interest-free loan.