Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut remanded in ED custody till August 4

Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has been remanded in the Enforcement Directorate's custody till August 4 in connection with a money laundering case.

ED arrested Raut on Sunday in a case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a Mumbai chawl after conducting a nine-hour search at his residence, during which Rs 11.5 lakh in cash was seized, officials said.

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Raut was arrested after over six hours of questioning at the ED's zonal office in south Mumbai shortly after Sunday midnight.

A team of ED had on Sunday reached his residence in Mumbai's Bhandup area, where they conducted a search, questioned Raut, and by evening, took him for questioning at the agency's south Mumbai office.