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Sanjay Raut’s Wife Varsha Raut To Be Questioned By ED In The Patra Chawl Case

ED questions Sanjay Raut's wifeVarsha Raut
The name of Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut has also come up in the Patra Chawl land scam case, she is to be questioned by ED.

Mumbai:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also clamped down on Varsha Raut, wife of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. ED officials will interrogate her today in ED’s office in Mumbai around 11 am today. Earlier, the officers had summoned him.

The name of Varsha Raut has also come up in the Patra Chawl land scam case. Financial irregularities were revealed in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl in Goregaon, Mumbai. Sanjay Raut is also in ED custody till August 8 in the same related money laundering case. Varsha Raut and the other accused in the case can be confronted with Sanjay Raut at the ED office in Ballard, Mumbai. The ED has questioned Varsha Raut several times in the past as well.

As per reports, evidence for the purchase of property in the name of Varsha and Swapna Patkar have been found. 10 land parcels have been purchased with a total of 36.86 square meters.  The ED had told the court that more than Rs 1 crore deposited through alleged financial misappropriation had been received in the Sanjay Raut and his family’s housing redevelopment project. On this, Sanjay Raut denied the allegation against him and termed the ED case as fake.

In April, the ED had temporarily attached assets worth Rs 9 crore of Sanjay Raut’s aide Praveen Raut and Rs 2 crore of Varsha Raut. Praveen Raut has also been arrested in the case. In Alibaug, Praveen has eight plots and a flat in the name of Varsha, which has been attached.

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