After Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, was arrested On Friday on allegations of money laundering regarding the liquor scam, the Congress on Friday called it “political vendetta and Witch-Hunt of the West”.
In a statement, Supriya Shrinet, president of the social media and digital platforms of the Congress, said: “I believe that the political vengeance and witch in India is the worst. The law will take its curriculum. Nor will Bhupesh Baghel nor her family will be afraid of these crusade and false allegations.”
Reacting to development during a press briefing at the AICC headquarters in Delhi, Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil said: “After so long, when they fail to target the leader, they begin to target family members to blackmail emotional.
According to the ED, the alleged scam included a syndicate of senior state bureaucrats, politicians, and officials of the Excise Department, who was accused of “parallel” excise department running, in which liquor was sold to the public, but no money was incurred for the state’s treasury, which caused a loss of about Rs 2,161 crore. It is alleged that between 2019 and 2022, Baghel was starred during the previous Congress government in Chhattisgarh.
Around 7 am on Friday, Ed began searching at Bagel Niwas in Bhilai City of Durg district. Around the afternoon, the agency arrested Chaitanya. He was later presented before a special prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Raipur and sent to ad custody for five days.
Bhupesh Baghel claimed that the ED action was an attempt to stop them from lifting in the assembly on Friday. Trees were dropped by the Adani Group in Tamanar tehsil of Radh district for the coal mine project.
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