Mumbai

A Special PMLA Court on Monday sent Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to 14-day judicial custody till August 22, eight days after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money-laundering case.

The Special Court granted Raut judicial remand after the ED informed that it did not require his additional custody for the probe into the Rs 1,034-crore Patra Chawl Land scam.

On July 31, the ED had raided Raut's residence in Bhandup and arrested him in the early hours of August 1 in connection with the alleged case emanating from the redevelopment project of the Patra Chawl, Goregaon, by Guru Ashish Construction Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of the HDIL.

On August 6, the ED interrogated the MP's wife, Varsha Raut for around 10 hours in the same case in which it had earlier arrested his close associate, Pravin Raut, a former director of the Guru Ashish Construction Pvt. Ltd.

Sanjay Raut, 61, was earlier sent to a four-day ED remand which was extended by three more days till August 8, followed by the two-week long judicial custody granted on Monday.

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In April the ED had attached properties belonging to Varsha Raut and Pravin Raut and two others, worth around Rs 11.15 crore as part of its probe.