A special court on August 22 extended judicial custody of Shiv Sena's Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut till September 5 in a 2018 chawl redevelopment case. He continues to be lodged at Arthur Road Jail.
After being questioned for nine hours, Mr. Raut was arrested on August 1 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on allegations of money-laundering and irregularities pertaining to the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl in Mumbai's Goregaon. It is alleged by the ED that the developers, one of them is a close associate of Mr. Raut fraudulently made ₹1,039.79 crore from this scheme and Mr. Raut also benefited from the same.
On August 8, Mr. Raut was sent to judicial custody. ED has previously attached assets belonging to Mr. Raut and also questioned his wife Varsha in this case.
