Patra Chawl Land Scam: Court To Announce Order On Sanjay Raut's Bail Plea On Nov 9
Raut, who is presently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road Jail in Central Mumbai, had sought bail in the case last month which was opposed by the ED.
New Delhi: The special PMLA court has reserved its order on the bail plea of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in redevelopment on Patra ‘chawl’, sources told ABP News. The court will announce its judgment on November 9, they sai adding that Raut’s judicial custody has been extended by 14 days.
Special Judge M G Deshpande, designated to hear cases pertaining to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), said it would also pass an order on November 9 on the bail plea filed by Pravin Raut, a co-accused in the case, stated a report by news agency PTI.
The Rajya Sabha member was arrested by the federal probe agency in July this year for his alleged role in financial irregularities in connection with the redevelopment of Patra chawl (row tenement) in suburban Goregaon area of Mumbai.
Raut, who is presently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road Jail in Central Mumbai, had sought bail in the case last month which was opposed by the ED.
The ED probe pertains to alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl and related financial transactions involving his wife and associates.
Siddharth Nagar, popularly known as the Patra Chawl, in Goregaon is spread over 47 acres and houses 672 tenant families.
In 2008, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), a government agency, assigned a redevelopment contract for the Chawl to Guru Ashish Construction Private Limited (GACPL), a sister company of the Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL).
The GACPL was supposed to build 672 flats for the tenants and also give some flats to MHADA. It was free to sell the remaining land to private developers.
But the tenants did not get a single flat in the last 14 years as the company did not redevelop the Patra Chawl and sold land parcels and Floor Space Index (FSI) to other builders for Rs 1,034 crore, as per the ED.
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