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The state government on Wednesday told the high court that it will avail loans from various sources, including the Kerala Bank, to repay the depositors.
The irregularities at the bank are pegged at Rs 300 crore, but the government estimates it to be only Rs 150 crore.
The court allowed Raut's plea for home food and medicines, but refused to pass an order on his prayer for bedding.
Last month, announcing his decision to not appear before the ED, the former finance minister of Kerala had called the central agency a political tool of BJP.
The temporary seal has been put in order to 'preserve the evidence' which could not be collected as authorised representatives were not present during the raids on Tuesday, said ED officials.
They said the searches are being carried out under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to "gather additional evidences with regard to the trail of funds".
Sanjay Raut was taken into custody at 12:05 am on Monday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as he was not cooperating in the probe, the officials claimed.
The Rajya Sabha MP, who is in the Uddhav Thackeray camp, had denied any wrongdoing and alleged that he was being targeted due to political vendetta.
The ED had arrested Chatterjee, who is also the Trinamool Congress secretary-general, on July 23 in connection with its investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment drives by the School Service Commission.
The National Herald corruption case was first brought to the limelight in 2012 when BJP leader and lawyer Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint against some Congress leaders in a Delhi court.
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