One day after the Directorate of Execution (ED) issued a summons to his wife Varsha Raut In connection with the PMC Bank money laundering case, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Monday that attacking women in a household was an “act of cowardice”.
“Addressing the women of a household is an act of cowardice. We are not afraid of anyone and will respond accordingly. ED needed some articles and we sent them on time, ”Raut told reporters at a press conference.
“In the last year, Sharad Pawar, Eknath Khadse and Pratap Sarnaik received notices and now everyone is discussing my name. All of these people are crucial to the formation of the government in Maharashtra. These are pieces of paper, nothing more, ”he also said.
Earlier today, Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said that those who spoke out against the policies or leaders of the BJP were being detained by central agencies. Speaking to PTI, the senior PNC leader also said that the use of erectile dysfunction for “political purposes” had never occurred in Maharashtra.
“Anyone who speaks out against the policies or leaders of the BJP stands up to the ED or the CBI. As far as the Central Bureau of Investigation is concerned, we had made the decision that any investigation by that agency in Maharashtra cannot be carried out without the permission of the state government, ”Deshmukh said.
Yuva Sena President and Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray called the summons to Varsha Raut “politically motivated.” “The ED measure is politically motivated. We are not afraid. The MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) government is stable, ”Aaditya told reporters.
Varsha Raut was asked to appear before the federal agency in Mumbai on December 29. The DE is investigating alleged financial transactions between Varsha and Pravin Raut, who is under arrest in the case.
Last month, the ED sent a notice to Sena legislator and spokesman Pratap Sarnaik and his family members, following searches at their residences and offices in connection with a money laundering case.
The main spokesperson for the Seine, Sanjay Raut, is believed to be one of the architects of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi coalition, which includes Shiv Sena, the NCP and Congress, which seized power from the BJP in the state after the last elections. to the Assembly.
The DE had filed a PMLA case to investigate alleged loan fraud at the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC) in October last year against Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), its promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan . its former president Waryam Singh and former managing director Joy Thomas.
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