According to a senior Arthur Road jail official, the former CM was asked by authorities to take court approval before meeting the Shiv Sena MP in prison.
A special court here on Monday remanded Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a Mumbai 'chawl'.
The court last Thursday extended Raut's ED custody till August 8, noting the agency had made "remarkable progress" in the probe into the money laundering case involving the Shiv Sena leader.