New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday flagging an alleged Rs 50,000 crore land scam in Maharashtra's Raigad, claiming that around 4,078 acres of forest land was illegally transferred to the Bivalkar family by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO).

UBT's Raut has alleged collusion between the state government's revenue, Urban development department, CIDCO officials and ministers to provide this parcel of land to the family. Raut also held the Union Minister Amit Shah, the state's CIDCO Chairman Sanjay Shirsat, and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde responsible for the alleged scam.

"This scam, e...