The ED (@dir_ed ) arrests #ChaitanyaBaghel, son of ex-Chhattisgarh CM #BhupeshBaghel, in connection with a money laundering probe against him linked to an alleged liquor scam, sources tell @TimsyJaipuria #ED‘s, Raipur Division, conducted fresh search operations and arrested… pic.twitter.com/EStQk2mdSD
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In the morning, the central agency conducted fresh raids at the premises of Chaitanya in connection with the case.
Chaitanya’s house in Bhilai town, which he shares with his father, was searched by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on receipt of fresh evidence in the case.
Bhupesh Baghel, a senior Congress leader, posted on X saying the ED has reached his Bhilai residence on the last day of the assembly session.
The ED has said the Chhattisgarh liquor “scam” resulted in a “massive loss” to the state exchequer and filled the pockets of the beneficiaries of a liquor syndicate with more than ₹2,100 crore of proceeds of crime.
The ED had arrested former minister and Congress leader Kawasi Lakhma in this case in January apart from Anwar Dhebar, the elder brother of Raipur Mayor and Congress leader Aijaz Dhebar, former IAS officer Anil Tuteja, Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer Arunpati Tripathi and some others as part of this investigation.
