The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched at 14 sites within the Durg district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. These locations included the homes of former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and his son, as part of an investigation into a suspected liquor scam.
According to the ED sources as saying by Indian Express, “Search premises are related to former CM Bhupesh Baghel, including the residence of his son Chaitanya Baghel, and also close associates of Chaitanya Baghel”.
Chaitanya Baghel is suspected of having profits derived from the illegal activities associated with the liquor scam as per the media sources. The premises of one Laxmi Narayan Bansal were also searched.
The accusation says that during the former Congress government’s tenure in Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023, a substantial amount of Rs 2,161 crore was illicitly diverted through different schemes under the scam.
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