Mumbai. The investigation into the 1034 crore land scam is now seen reaching the house of Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut, close to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Raut’s close aide Praveen Raut in this case. Along with this, a person named Sujit Patkar has also been raided.
These raids revealed that Sujit is also a partner in the company run by Sanjay Raut’s daughter Purvshi and Vidita. These sources are also telling that it has also come to the fore from the ED investigation that money was also transferred from the account of Praveen Raut’s wife arrested in the land scam to the account of Sanjay Raut’s wife. According to sources, Praveen was interrogated in this case. I was not cooperating. He has a real estate business. The ED is also claiming to have got evidence of all illegal transactions.
The whole matter is that Guru Ashish Construction, a subsidiary of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited, in connivance with government officials, changed the floor space index of the land. This private company was entrusted with the task of developing a settlement in the Siddharthnagar area. People have been accused of selling their land without giving flats to the people living there.
Let us tell you that Sanjay Raut, close to Uddhav, has been the most vocal after relations with BJP deteriorated in Maharashtra. He constantly targets BJP leaders and even PM Narendra Modi. It is believed that Sanjay Raut helped Uddhav in making friendship with the family of Congress high command i.e. Sonia Gandhi and Maha Vikas Aghadi’s government in Maharashtra is the result of his efforts. Apart from this, Sanjay Raut has also been working for the unity of opposition parties against BJP.
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