Former Maharashtra Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that Sanjay Raut’s arrest in a money laundering case was a plot to destroy Shiv Sena.
Uddhav Thackeray (R) on Monday met with family members of party leader Sanjay Raut (L). (Picture: File/PTI)
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- Uddhav Thackeray says he’s proud of Sanjay Raut and slammed supplier politics
- Thackeray said that Raut’s arrest in money laundering was a plot to destroy Sena
- Raut arrested in Rs 1,034 land fraud case
Former Maharashtra Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said the arrest of MP Sanjay Raut in a money-laundering case was part of a plot to kill Shiv Sena.
“I’m proud of Sanjay Raut. It’s a plot to destroy us. We have to wipe out those who speak against us. A kingdom politics with such ideology is going on,” Thackeray said. .
Sanjay Raut was arrested by the Department of Enforcement (ED) on Sunday in a money-laundering case involving the redevelopment of a chawl project in Mumbai.
READ | Sanjay Raut arrested in Patra Chawl scam case Rs 1,034
Speaking to the media after meeting Raut’s family, Thackeray said: “Even Congress has ruled for 60 to 65 years, but look at them now. get in touch with party leaders in the region such as Mamata Banerjee and KSR. BJP is planning to wipe out forces in the area.”
Raut, 60, was arrested after more than six hours of questioning at ED’s regional office in South Mumbai’s Ballard Estate shortly after midnight on Sunday. ED has seized Rs 11.50 lakh worth of cash from Sanjay Raut’s residence during a 9-hour raid conducted in connection with the Patra chawl land fraud case.
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