The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 4 summoned Shiv Sena’s member of parliament Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha to record her statement in a money laundering case pertaining to the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl in Mumbai’s Goregaon in 2018.
On August 4, a special prevention of money laundering act (PMLA) court extended Mr. Raut’s ED’s custody till August 8 in the same case. He was arrested on August 1 after being questioned for nine hours by the central agency.