Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has reacted to the EOW closing an alleged ₹500-crore land scam case against Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar, saying, "Now the only one left to receive a clean chit is [don Dawood Ibrahim]." He claimed that Waikar had "deserted" Maharashtra ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray to join the Shinde faction out of "fear" of the ED.