A special court today granted bail for Sanjay Raut, senior leader of the Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction and one of his closes aides, in a money laundering case pertaining to the Patra Chawl redevelopment project.
The Enforcement Directorate’s appeal to halt his release today was also denied. The fiery politician, a Rajya Sabha member, has been imprisoned for the past three and a half months.
“It is a happy day for us. Today is Diwali for our family. We trust the court,” Sanjay Raut’s brother Sandip Raut told reporters.
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After hearing arguments from both parties, the court had on October 21 reserved its decision regarding the bail petition. In connection with alleged anomalies in the reconstruction of a residential complex in Mumbai, Sanjay Raut was detained by the Enforcement Directorate on August 1.
The Rajya Sabha MP had twice ignored summonses from the agency before being detained under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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