A special court in Mumbai sent Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut to Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody till August 4.
Shiv Sena MPs protested Sanjay Raut's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in Rajya Sabha. Sena members also held protests in Nashik and Aurangabad in Maharashtra. The NCP would also join the protest against Raut's arrest, as per a report.
A special court in Mumbai sent Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut to Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody till August 4.
The ED바카라 웹사이트on Monday afternoon produced Raut in a special바카라 웹사이트Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court바카라 웹사이트in Mumbai amid tight security. It had arrested him on Sunday night바카라 웹사이트in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of chawl in Mumbai.바카라 웹사이트
Earlier on Sunday, the ED had reached Raut's residence in Mumbai for the purpose of search and questioning, following which ED detained Raut and took him to its zonal office. Raut was questioned for over six hours. Officials said he was taken into custody at 12:05 am on Monday under PMLA바카라 웹사이트as he was not cooperating in the investigation.
Officials added that ED also seized Rs 11.5 lakh in cash during the search at Raut's residence.
Following Raut's arrest, Sena on Monday staged protests from Parliament in Delhi to streets in Maharashtra, which forced Rajya Sabha to be adjourned.
Rajya Sabha proceedings on Monday were adjourned twice after protests over Raut's and other issues.바카라 웹사이트
Even as officials papers were being laid, Shiv Sena MPs were up on their feet protesting against the arrest of Raut. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the matter has nothing to do with the House and asked them to go back to their seats. Other opposition MPs also joined in raising issues such as price rise. The Shiv Sena as well as TMC MPs then moved into the well of the House.바카라 웹사이트
"Go back to your seats. You cannot use the House to settle the scores outside," Naidu said before adjourning the proceedings till 12 noon.바카라 웹사이트
Later, proceedings were adjourned again till 2 pm.
Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also held a solitary protest at the Parliament. She was holding a placard reading "ED stands for Extended Department of BJP" in photographs shared by NDTV.
Besides the Parliament, Shiv Sena also held protests in Nashik and Aurangabad in Maharashtra against Sanjay Raut's arrest.바카라 웹사이트
In Nashik, Sena workers raised slogans and activists from the party's women's wing attempted to stage a rasta roko in Shalimar Chowk area of the city. Local leaders, office-bearers and activists participated in the agitation held amid police bandobast. A similar agitation was organised in Ekatmata Chowk area of Manmad town in the district.바카라 웹사이트
"Efforts are on to suppress the voice of the Shiv Sena through central agencies such as the ED," said Vijay Karanjkar, the chief of the party's district unit.
"A conspiracy has been hatched against Raut using the ED, and the BJP is behind all this. The Sena will not back down irrespective of the calamities that come its way and the party will support Raut," said Sena's Nashik unit chief Sudhakar Badgujar. 바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
Protests were also held in Aurangabad against ED's arrest of Raut. Sena members were heard shouting slogans invoking Shivaji in footage shared by Times Now.
Mirror Now reported that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which was part of the now-collapsed Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, would also join protests against Raut's arrest by ED.
The ED is investigating Sanjay Raut in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a chawl in Mumbai. It's also probing related transactions involving Raut's wife and close associates.바카라 웹사이트
In April, the ED provisionally attached assets worth over Rs 11.15 crore belonging to Raut's wife Varsha바카라 웹사이트Raut바카라 웹사이트and two of his associates as part of this investigation.바카라 웹사이트
The attached properties are in the form of land held by Pravin M바카라 웹사이트Raut, Sanjay바카라 웹사이트Raut's aide and a former director of Guru Ashish Construction Pvt Ltd, at Palghar, Saphale (a town in Palghar) and Padgha (in Thane district). These assets also include a flat in Mumbai's suburb Dadar held by Varsha바카라 웹사이트and eight plots at Kihim beach in Alibaug jointly held by Varsha바카라 웹사이트and Swapna Patkar, wife of Sujit Patkar, a "close associate" of바카라 웹사이트Sanjay바카라 웹사이트Raut, as per ED.
The ED is understood to have questioned Raut about his "business and other links" with Pravin and Patkar and also about the property deals involving his wife.바카라 웹사이트
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday met family members of Sanjay Raut.바카라 웹사이트
Uddhav went to Raut's residence in Mumbai's Bhandup in a car.바카라 웹사이트
Raut and Uddhav are known to share a close bond. Throughout Eknath Shinde's rebellion that led to the fall of Uddhav-led MVA government and in the days since, Raut has continued his support to Uddhav and Sena faction led by him.
(With PTI inputs)