ED searches on builders linked to Sanjay Raut in Patra chawl scam case
India Today
The ED conducted searches at some locations in Mumbai, including the premises of a real estate developer from the Eastern suburbs, in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at some locations in Mumbai, including the premises of a real estate developer from the Eastern suburbs, in connection with the Rs 1,034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case.
The searches as per sources were conducted in connection with the Patra chawl case with links to arrested Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
Raut was arrested by the ED on August 1. He was in ED custody till August 8, after which he was remanded to 14-day judicial custody and is presently lodged at the Arthur Road prison.
The ED team went through several documents and computers at the premises of Shraddha Developers, a real estate developer from Mulund.
Sharddha developers have several ongoing projects in Vikhroli, which falls in the assembly constituency of Raut’s brother Sunil Raut. They also have several ongoing and completed projects in areas such as Bhandup and Mulund.
The ED's probe pertains to alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of the Patra 'chawl' and related financial transactions involving Raut's wife and associates.
Pravin Raut, already arrested in the case, is a friend of Raut and his name had also come up while investigations were being carried out in the PMC bank scam case.
