A special court in Mumbai sent Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to ED custody till August 4 in connection with the money laundering case linked to the related to the redevelopment of a chawl.
Raut was arrested on Sunday midnight after the ED conducted searches at his residence and claims to have recovered Rs 11.5 lakh in unaccounted cash.
Before being produced in the court, Raut was taken to a government hospital for check-up. Raut, who spent the night in ED’s south Mumbai office after his arrest, was taken to the hospital after 12.30 pm. He was seen waving to media personnel gathered outside the agency’s office.
Sanjay Raut’s lawyer Advocate Ashok Mundargi told the special court in Mumbai that Raut’s arrest is politically motivated. “He is a patient with a heart-related ailment. He had also undergone surgery. Papers related to this have been presented before the court,” he said.
During the remand period, Raut will be quizzed between 10 am and 10 pm over the money laundering case, officials said. He will be able to meet and speak with his lawyers from 8.30 am to 9.30 am.
