Mumbai, April 5: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached eight land parcels in Alibaug, and one flat in Dadar in Mumbai, owned by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and his family - in connection with its probe into the Rs 1034 crore floor space index (FSI) fraud at Patra Chawl, Goregaon.
On February 2, 2022, ED arrested businessman Pravin Raut, who is known to be close to Sanjay Raut, in connection with the case. On April 1, the agency filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against Pravin.
ED is probing Pravin for allegedly fraudulent sale of the FSI of a plot in suburban Mumbai by Guruashish Construction Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL). Pravin is a director of Guruashish Construction.
ED chargesheet has named Pravin, Sarang Wadhawan and Rakesh Wadhawan of HDIL, as well as Guruashish Construction as accused in the money laundering case.