During custody, ED kept me in room that has no window and ventilation: Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED in a money laundering case on Thursday told a special court here that during the custody the central agency kept him a room that had no window and ventilationRaut told this to special court judge M G Deshpande designated to hear matters related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA on Thursday The court extended Rauts ED custody till August 8The ED had arrested the Sena MP on Sunday midnight in connection with the alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl old row tenement in suburban Goregaon and related financial property transactions involving his wife and alleged associatesOn Monday the court had remanded him in ED custody till August 4 At the end of his remand the agency on Thursday produced him in the special court which extended his ED custodyAlso Read SC asks EC not to proceed with Eknath Shinde factions plea claiming to be real Shiv Sena for nowDuring the hearing when the court asked Raut if he had any complaint against the ED he said there was nothing in particular However he added that the room where he has been kept has no window and ventilationThe court then sought an explanation from the probe agencySpecial public prosecutor Hiten Venegaokar who appeared on behalf of the ED said Raut was kept in an AC room and hence there was no window Raut later said that although the AC system is in place there he cannot use it due to his health conditionThe ED then assured the court that he would be kept in a room with proper ventilationOn Monday the ED had told the court that Raut and his family received proceeds of crime worth over Rs one crore generated out of alleged irregularities in the housing redevelopment projectThe 60yearold Rajya Sabha member is a close associate of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray He is also the chief spokesperson of the Sena and the executive editor of party mouthpiece SaamanaThis 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