Arrested Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s wife, Varsha Raut, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate on money-laundering charges in an alleged land scam. This came just hours after Sanjay Raut’s ED custody was extended till August 8 by a a special court in Mumbai. Varsha Raut has repeatedly been named by the central probe agency — some properties linked to her have been attached to the case too — but she hasn’t been questioned so far.
Around four months ago, the ED attached ₹ 11 crore worth of assets of Varsha Raut and two of Sanjay Raut’s associates. These included a flat in Dadar held by Varsha Raut and eight plots at Kihim beach in Alibaug jointly held by Varsha Raut and Swapna Patkar, the wife of Sujit Patkar, a “close associate” of Sanjay Raut.
