MUMBAI: A Special  Prevention of Money-Laundering Act (PMLA) Court has extended the judicial custody of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut till September 5 in the alleged money-laundering case arising out of the Patra Chawl land scam, on Monday.

The Enforcement Directorate had raided Sanjay  Raut's house on July 31 and then detained him early on August 1, preceded by attachment of properties belonging to him and his business associates.

After his Enforcement Directorate custody twice for 4 days each, the ED  said they no longer needed him for custodial probe, and accordingly, Raut was shunted to judicial custody on August 8, and a few days later his wife Varsha was also interrogated in the same case.

Raut was caught after his name cropped up in the Agency probe accusing him of receiving proceeds of the crime from the Patra Chawl redevelopment project in Goregaon from another co-accused and associate Pravin Raut.

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