“False charges and documents are being framed against people. All of this is being done to weaken Shiv Sena and Maharashtra. Sanjay Raut won’t be cowed down. I will not leave the party,” the senior politician asserted today.
“I swear by late Balasabheb Thackeray that I have nothing to do with any scam,” the Sena leader had asserted as the probe agency began its search earlier on Sunday. In a flurry of tweets, he also asserted that he won’t quit the Shiv Sena and keep on fighting amid the ED action against him.
Supporters of Raut had gathered outside his residence on Sunday morning, raising slogans against the ED and BJP. Following his detention, police personnel have been deployed outside Raut’s residence.
On June 28 this year, Raut was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering case pertaining to the Rs 1,034 crore Patra Chawl land scam. Refusing to join the probe and…
