Rs 11-crore property of Sanjay Raut's wife, 'friend' Pravin Raut attached by ED
India Today
The Enforcement Directorate has attached property worth Rs 9 crore related to Pravin Raut and a flat worth around Rs 2 crore, belonging to Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha.
The Enforcement Directorate also attached property worth Rs 9 crore related to Sanjay Raut’s 'aide' Pravin Raut and assets, worth around Rs 2 crore, belonging to Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha in the Rs 1,034-crore Patra Chawl land scam case.
The attached property includes eight parcels of land in Alibaug belonging to Pravin Raut and a flat belonging to Varsha Raut. Sanjay Raut's aide Pravin Raut was earlier arrested in the case.
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Earlier, the ED had filed a charge sheet in a money laundering case against Pravin Raut. He, Sarang Wadhawan, and Rakesh Wadhawan of HDIL, real estate firm Guru Ashish Construction and others were named as accused in the charge sheet.
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ED officials probing the Rs 1,034-crore Patra Chawl land scam case had found in February that Pravin Raut had paid Rs 55 lakh from the proceeds of crime through his wife's account to Varsha. ED also said that hotel accommodation and tickets were booked for domestic as well as international travel of Sanjay Raut and people associated with him.
It is suspected that land was bought in Alibaug with the proceeds of crime and a huge part was used to make payments in cash between 2010 and 2012, the ED said in their remand report against Pravin Raut, adding, Pravin Raut’s wife had also allegedly given a loan of Rs 55 lakh to Sanjay Raut’s wife.
