"File application before the court" : Jail authority denies permission to Uddhav Thackeray to meet Sanjay Raut
It should be noted that this week Thackeray"s office had to call Mumbai Central Prison and had sought permission to meet Raut in Jail. For unreserved, ED has arrested Raut in Mumbai Central Prison.
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Mumbai, September 07: In a major blow to the Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray, the Mumbai Central Prison has denied permission to Thackeray to meet MP Sanjay Raut who is lodged in the Arthur Road Jail.
It should be noted that this week Thackeray's office had to call Mumbai Central Prison and had sought permission to meet Raut in Jail. However, the Superintendent of Police denied permission to the former chief minister and asked him to file an application before the court for the same. It also said that the meeting cannot take place in the Jailer's room at all.
“They will have to meet in the same way as ordinary prisoners meet on that side of the lattice and for that too the permission of the court is required,” the jail authority said.
Raut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 1 in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl in suburban Goregaon.
After being in the ED's custody initially, the Shiv Sena leader was sent to judicial custody for 14 days on August 8. On 22 August, a special PMLA court extended Raut's custody till September 5 which has now been further extended till September 19.
ED officials raided the Shiv Sena leader's home on July 31, and after detaining and questioning him for several hours, arrested him on August 1.