Fresh trouble in MVA govt! ED attaches Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's properties in ₹1,034 cr land scam case

ED chargesheet has named Pravin, Sarang Wadhawan and Rakesh Wadhawan of HDIL, and Guruashish Construction as accused in the money laundering case

NewsBharati    05-Apr-2022 15:29:39 PM
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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.

Sanjay Raut
 
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.
 
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The ED found that Guruashish Construction was given a contract by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) a few years ago to redevelop Patra Chawl in suburban Mumbai’s Goregaon West. ED has alleged that the company fraudulently sold FSI worth Rs 1,034 crore without building the mandatory tenements for people living in the chawl.