Patra Chawl case: Sanjay Raut sent to judicial custody till August 22
The court has asked the superintendent of Arthur Road Jail to inform about Sanjay Raut's health so that arrangements are made for him. Sanjay Raut will be given homemade food and medicines till the next order of the court.
Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut has been sent to judicial custody till August 22. However, the court has been a little lenient towards him. The court has also allowed them to provide medicines and homemade food in judicial custody. Actually, Sanjay Raut's lawyer had given papers in the court, in which papers related to the health of the MP were present. On the basis of them, permission has been given to give home food and medicines to the Shiv Sena leader.
The court has asked the superintendent of Arthur Road Jail to inform about Sanjay Raut's health so that arrangements are made for him. Sanjay Raut will be given homemade food and medicines till the next order of the court.
During the last hearing, the ED had sought extension of his remand, which was accepted by the court and extended the remand till August 8. While hearing the case, the judge had asked Sanjay Raut that do you have any problem? On this, the MP had said that where he was kept in custody, there is no ventilation. On this matter, the court had called for a reply from the police.
Sanjay Raut was arrested by the central agency on Sunday midnight in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra 'Chawl' in suburban Goregaon and financial transactions involving properties of his wife and alleged associates. The ED on Monday produced Raut before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court judge M G Deshpande and sought his eight-day custody but the court sent the Shiv Sena leader to custody till August 4.
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