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    What is Mumbai’s Patra Chawl case, in The ED has alleged that in 2010, Rs 83 lakh, which was part of the proceeds of crime, was transferred to
    Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut, who used the money to buy a flat in Dadar.

    which the ED has detained Shiv Sena Advertisement

    leader Sanjay Raut? Apart from this, at least eight plots of land were purchased at Kihim beach at Alibaug in Maharashtra in the
    name of Varsha Raut and Swapna Patkar, the ED has alleged.
    Jul 31, 2022 05:09PM
    What went wrong with the project?
    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s home in Bhandup, Mumbai, for
    several hours on Sunday before detaining the leader and taking him away for further questioning. Raut has As per the agreement, the developer had to pay rent to all 672 tenants every month till the completion of
    been under investigation in a case related to irregularities in a chawl redevelopment project in Mumbai’s the project. However, the rent was paid only till 2014–15. As the tenants started complaining, it was also
    Goregaon. What is this project, and what is the link to Sanjay Raut? revealed around the same time that Pravin Raut and the other directors of GACL appeared to have misled
    MHADA and sold the FSI to nine private developers. Subsequently, GACL launched Meadows, and
    What is the Patra Chawl redevelopment project? collected the hefty booking amount.

    Siddharth Nagar, popularly known as Patra Chawl, is located in the northern Mumbai suburb of Goregaon. Due to the non-​payment of rent, delay, and alleged irregularities, MHADA issued a termination notice to the
    It had a total of 672 houses, spread over an area of 47 acres. developer on January 12, 2018. Against this notice, nine developers who had bought FSI from GACL, filed a
    suit in the Bombay High Court. The redevelopment project was stalled, leaving 672 tenants in the lurch.
    In 2008, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) took up the redevelopment
    project and gave the contract to Guru Ashish Construction Private Limited (GACPL) to rehabilitate 672 What is the status of the project now?
    tenants and to redevelop the locality.
    In 2020, the Maharashtra government appointed a one-​member committee led by Johnny Joseph, a retired
    A tripartite agreement was signed between GACPL, the tenants’ society, and MHADA. It has been 14 years chief secretary of the state, to study and recommend solutions for the rehabilitation and rental payment to
    since then, and the people of Patra Chawl continue to wait to get their homes. 672 tenants.

    So what is the ED’s allegation? Following the recommendations of the committee and feedback from MHADA, the state cabinet, in June
    2021, approved redevelopment of Patra Chawl again. The government resolution was issued in July 2021.
    According to the tripartite agreement, GACPL was to provide flats to 672 tenants of Patra Chawl, develop
    flats for MHADA, and sell the remaining area to private developers. Advertisement

    However, the ED claims, Pravin Raut, a close associate of Sanjay Raut, and other directors of Guru Ashish On February 22 this year, the stalled construction work was restarted on the orders of then Chief Minister
    Constructions misled MHADA, and sold the floor space index (FSI) to nine private developers, collecting Uddhav Thackeray. MHADA is supposed to develop the project and give possession of flats to the 672
    Rs 901.79 crore, without constructing either the rehab portion for the 672 displaced tenants or the MHADA residents. It is also supposed to immediately complete the remaining work in 306 flats in the building and
    portion. hand them over to people who had won their possession in a lottery.

    Subsequently, GACPL launched a project called Meadows, and took the booking amount of around Rs 138 “MHADA itself will now be working on the entire project as a developer and will be providing 650 square
    crore from flat buyers. The ED has alleged that the total proceeds of the crime generated by Guru Ashish feet carpet area flats to the 672 tenants through the redevelopment project,” an official had told The
    Constructions through these “illegal activities” amount to Rs 1,039.79 crore. Indian Express last month.

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    What does ED claim to have found during its probe? detained-shiv-sena-leader-sanjay-raut-8062791/

    The agency has claimed that Pravin Raut received Rs 100 crore from real estate company Housing
    Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL), and “diverted” it to various accounts of “his close
    associates, family member, his business entities”, including the family of Sanjay Raut.

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