MUMBAI, Oct. 26 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah to seek a probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the controversial audio clips released by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, which allegedly discuss a Rs.500 crore payout to influence the Maratha agitation.

In his letter shared on X, Raut also called for registering a case, saying investigators needed to establish the money's origin and where it disappeared to, since Jarange-Patil hadn't received it.

"It (the charges) needs to be thoroughly probed as to who gave Rs.500 crore to whom and if this money did not reach Jarange Patil, where did this money disappear? From where did such a big sum of money come from, and wher...