Sanjay Raut seeks bail from Mumbai court in money laundering case
India TodayShiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who is currently behind bars in a money laundering case registered against him, has filed a bail application before the special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. While seeking that Raut be sent to judicial custody, the agency on August 8 had said “Further investigations are required to be carried out to unearth the entire role of the accused and involvement of other persons to identify further POC.” From August 8, Raut’s judicial custody has been extended by the court every 14 days. The agency had stated that they had found Rs 1.06 crore and Rs 1.17 crore as proceeds of crime and also suspicious transaction of Rs 1.08 crores in the bank account of Varsha Raut, wife of Sanjay Raut from various entities. The agency while seeking that Raut be kept in judicial custody had said that Raut is a very influential person against whom allegations of threatening the witnesses have surfaced.