Chaitanya Baghel, son of CM Bhupesh Baghel son in liquor scam case, he is accused of…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Chaitanya Baghel, son of Congress chief and ancient Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, in an alleged liquor scam-linked cash laundering case, legit sources talked about.

He was as soon as taken into custody below the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following original raids performed at his place in Bhilai city of Durg district. The daddy-son duo dwell at the identical location.

A heavy posse of police personnel was as soon as considered birth air the house, at the same time as some celebration supporters gathered.

The senior Baghel talked about it's Chaitanya’s birthday on Friday. A particular PMLA court docket sent Chaitanya to ED custody for 5 days, the sources talked about.

The sources talked about Chaitnaya was as soon as arrested below Piece 19 of the anti-cash laundering law as he was as soon as allegedly no longer cooperating at some level of the searches that came about following receipt of original proof within the case.

The sources talked about companies allegedly linked to Chaitanya had been the “recipient” of about Rs 17 crore “proceeds of crime” that had been generated from the alleged liquor scam. Funds fee about Rs 1,070 crore are below the scanner of the agency vis-a-vis the function of junior Baghel, based on the sources.

The ED has claimed that the “scam” resulted in a “massive loss” to the remark exchequer and filled the pockets of the beneficiaries of a liquor syndicate with over Rs 2,100 crore.

Bhupesh Baghel, 63, posted a message on X asserting the ED had come to his house on the closing day of the Assembly session when the subject of bushes being felled for a coal mine project of the Adani team in Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district was as soon as to be raised.

“Nowadays is the closing day of the remark legislative (monsoon) session. The subject of bushes being felled for Adani in Tamnar was as soon as scheduled to be raised (within the Home). Saheb has sent ED to Bhilai Niwas,” the message posted by his office talked about.

The senior Baghel, earlier this month, visited the tehsil and extended give a enhance to to native villagers who had been protesting against tree-felling for a coal mine project within the house. The mine is distributed to Maharashtra Affirm Vitality Technology Firm Restricted (MAHAGENCO), which has lowered in dimension the MDO (mine developer cum operator) to the Adani team.

The ancient chief minister additionally talked about central agencies had been being misused to goal opposition leaders, nevertheless he relied on the judiciary and would cooperate with them.

Congress MLAs additionally boycotted the complaints of the Chhattisgarh Assembly for the day as a designate of narrate against the arrest and accused the agency of searching to bother the opposition.

The federal probe agency had performed identical raids against Chaitanya on March 10. In this case, the ED in January arrested ancient minister and Congress chief Kawasi Lakhma moreover Anwar Dhebar, the elder brother of Raipur Mayor and Congress chief Aijaz Dhebar, ancient IAS officer Anil Tuteja, Indian Telecom Provider (ITS) officer Arunpati Tripathi and some others as part of this investigation.

The alleged liquor scam within the central Indian remark, based on the ED, was as soon as orchestrated between 2019 and 2022 when Chhattisgarh was as soon as ruled by the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress authorities.

Property fee about Rs 205 crore of assorted accused had been hooked up by the agency as part of this investigation to this level.

In 2024, the Supreme Court quashed the ED’s first ECIR (FIR) on this case, which was as soon as based on a criticism from the Earnings Tax Department.

The federal agency later filed a original case after it asked the Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Flit/ Anti-Corruption Bureau (EOW/ACB) to file a original FIR against the accused based on subject fabric shared by the anti-cash laundering agency.

The EOW/ACB registered the FIR on January 17 closing year, about a month after the BJP defeated the incumbent Congress authorities within the 2023 meeting polls, and named 70 other folks and companies, including ancient excise minister Kawasi Lakhma, ancient chief secretary Vivek Dhand and others.

Based on the ED, the alleged commission generated via the unlawful sale of liquor was as soon as shared “as per the directions from the very best political executives of the remark”.