Patra Chawl Land Scam: ED Detains Sanjay Raut, Says ‘Won’t Bow Down’

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The Enforcement Directorate detained Shiv Sena leader Sanjay on Sunday Raut in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam. The Rajya Sabha MP was held by the ED following raids that were taken place atat his residence in Mumbai, according to news agency ANI. Following his detention, Raut said the he “won’t bow down”. “You can’t beat that person..The one who never gives up! Won’t bow down! Jai Maharashtra,” he tweeted. Raut claimed that he was not involved in any scam and that the action initiated against him by the enforcement agency was based on false evidence.

He said that he will die, but will neither surrender nor quit the Shiv Sena in a series of tweets which he posted soon after the central agency started conducting a search at his residence in suburban Bhandup on Sunday morning. 

“False action, false evidence. I will die, but will not surrender. I will never leave Shiv Sena. I swear by Balasaheb Thackeray that I am not involved in any scam. He taught us to fight and I will continue to fight for Shiv Sena,” Raut said.