Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, raising concerns over an alleged Rs 50,000 crore land scam in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. Raut claimed that nearly 4,078 acres of forest land were illegally transferred to the Bivalkar family by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), reported ANI.

According to Raut, the alleged deal involved collusion between the state’s Revenue Department, Urban Development Department, CIDCO officials, and certain ministers. He directly held Union Home Minister Amit Shah, CIDCO Chairman Sanjay Shirsat, and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde responsible for the land transfer.

“This scam, executed through the collusion of the Revenue Department, Urban Development Department, CIDCO officials, and ministers, has defrauded both the government and the public. As you are ultimately responsible for this, I am addressing this letter to you,” Raut wrote in a letter to Shah, which he also posted on X, reported ANI.