Uddhav Thackeray denied permission to meet Sanjay Raut at Arthur Road Jail

Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray was denied permission to meet Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut at Arthur Road jail in Mumbai according to the ANI Raut is currently lodged in Arthur Road Jail in connection with a money laundering caseSanjay Raut is a close aide of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav ThackerayAccording to the ANI Uddhav Thackeray had sought permission from Arthur Road jail authority to meet Sanjay Raut in the jailers room but the jail authority refused it The jail authority said Thackeray would have to take permission from the court to meet Raut and the meeting cannot take place in the jailers roomThey will have to meet in the same way as ordinary prisoners meet on that side of the lattice and for that too the permission of the court is required the jail authority told ANIThe jail official said that he had not received any written applicationA Shiv Sena leader close to Uddhav Thackeray had called the jail administration and said that Uddhav Thackeray had to meet Sanjay Raut for around 15 minutes but the jail administration refused ANI reportedEarlier on September 5 a Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA court extended the Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Rauts judicial custody by 14 days till September 19 in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam caseRaut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED on August 1 in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of the Patra Chawl in suburban GoregaonAlso Read Real Shiv Sena claim SC to hear on Sept 27 plea of Uddhav Thackeray factionAfter being in the EDs custody initially the Shiv Sena leader was sent to judicial custody for 14 days on August 8 On 22 August a special PMLA court extended Rauts custody till September 5 which has now been further extended till September 19ED officials raided the Shiv Sena leaders home on July 31 and after detaining and questioning him for several hours arrested him on August 1On June 28 this year Sanjay Raut was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate ED in connection with the prevention of the money laundering case pertaining to the Rs 1034 crore Patra Chawl land scamBack in August the wife of Shiv Sena MP was also summoned by the agency in connection with the Patra Chawl land caseThe MPs wife Varsha Raut was summoned by the central agency after the ED officials raided the Shiv Sena leaders home and after detaining and questioning him Sanjay Raut for several hours arrested himMeanwhile another FIR was registered against Sanjay Raut in Mumbai for allegedly threatening Swapna Patkar the wife of Sujit Patkar who is believed to be a close aide of the Shiv Sena MPThe case was registered at the Vakola police station under sections 504506 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code An audio clip had gone viral in which Raut was allegedly heard threatening Swapna PatkarNotably Swapna Patkar is also a witness in the Patra Chawl land case in connection to which the ED detained Raut after conducting a raid at his residenceAccording to sources ED officials seized Rs 1150 lakhs unaccounted cash from his residence during the raids Soon after the ED officials detained him in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case the Shiv Sena leader said that he wont be cowed downSpeaking to media persons Raut said False charges and documents are being framed against people All of this is being done to weaken Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Sanjay Raut wont be cowed down I will not leave the partyOn June 28 this year Sanjay Raut was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate ED in connection with the prevention of the money laundering case pertaining to the Rs 1034 crore Patra Chawl land scamRaut is being probed in connection with the redevelopment of Mumbais Patra ChawlIn April this year the ED had attached immovable properties worth Rs 1115 crore including a flat at Dadar held by Sanjay Rauts wife Varsha and eight land parcels at Kihim near Alibag jointly held by the latter with Swapna PatkarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever