This is the third summons to Sanjay Raut’s wife in the PMC Bank money laundering case. (Archive)
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- The Compliance Department has asked Varsha Raut to appear on December 29
- This is the third summons to Varsha Raut in the case
- She had skipped the previous two citations for health reasons, authorities said.
Mumbai:
The wife of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, Varsha Raut, has been summoned for questioning by the Compliance Department in the PMC bank fraud case. He is due to meet with officials on December 29 at the agency’s office in Mumbai. The agency is investigating alleged financial transactions between Varsha Raut and Pravin Raut, who is under arrest in the case, the sources said.
This is the third time she has been cited in the case, which involves alleged loan fraud at the Cooperative Bank of Punjab and Maharashtra.
He had skipped the previous two citations for health reasons. He was asked to join the investigation on December 11.
The Shiv Sena, who rules Maharahtra in alliance with Congress and Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, has said the issue is politically motivated and that core teams are unfairly attacking them.
Eknath Khadse, who switched sides from the BJP to the NCP, was also summoned by the ED for questioning on December 30 in connection with a money laundering case.
Without elaborating, Mr. Raut, in a Hindi tweet yesterday, said: “Come on, let’s see who has more strength. Come out without fear, friends.”
When asked by reporters about the matter, Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP said he was not a “spokesperson for the ED.
“Tell them not to worry. If it’s a good job, go ahead. Why be afraid? Sanjay Raut tweets like that every day. They have a lot of lions. They talk like every day,” said Fadnavis.
The case dates back to October last year and alleged irregularities in certain bank credit accounts are being investigated.
The main of these are the loans granted to the real estate actor with financial difficulties Housing Development & Infrastructure or HDIL.
Its promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan, its former president Waryam Singh and former managing director Joy Thomas are being investigated by the agency.
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