Sanjay Raut skips ED summons again in money laundering probe

Raut’s lawyer had then visited the ED office at Ballard Estate and sought exemption till August 7. However, their appeal was rejected and subsequently, ED issued a fresh summon, asking Raut to appear before it on July 27.

The ED has initiated an investigation under PMLA 2002, based on the FIR registered by Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police in 2018 against GACPL, HDIL promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhwan and Sarang Kumar Wadhwan, and others on a complaint filed by MHADA’s executive engineer.

In February, the ED had arrested Pravin Raut, who is a former director in Guru Ashish Construction and an alleged aide of the Sena MP. In April, the agency had attached properties worth Rs 11.15 crore belonging to Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut, Pravin Raut and Swapna Patkar – wife of the MP’s close associate Sujit Patkar.

Earlier this month, Raut was quizzed for around 10 hours by the agency. He had said that he is not linked to any of the companies on the ED’s scanner.