US Edition‘ED Aa Gayi’: Bhupesh Baghel Posts as Agency Raids Ex-Chhattisgarh CM's Bhilai Home in Connection with Case Against Son
BHILAI, CHHATTISGARH, JUL 18 – The Enforcement Directorate is probing a Rs 2,161 crore liquor scam involving alleged financial irregularities and unaccounted sales linked to former CM Bhupesh Baghel's family.
- On July 18, 2025, the Enforcement Directorate searched Baghel’s Bhilai residence, linking the operation to the alleged liquor scam.
- According to the ED, the liquor scam was orchestrated between 2019 and 2022 under the Baghel government, and the EOW recently pegged its value at Rs 3,200 crore and chargesheeted 22 officials.
- Accompanied by CRPF officers, the ED team arrived at the Bhilai residence around 6.30 am, conducting searches under PMLA based on fresh evidence.
- On X, Bhupesh Baghel posted `ED aa gayi` and said `To please their master , Modi and Shah have sent the ED to my house`, criticizing the timing of the raids during the last day of the assembly session.
- Officials said the ED searched premises linked to Pappu Bansal, and in January the Enforcement Directorate arrested Kawasi Lakhma in the same probe.
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Chaitanya Baghel Arrested: ED Arrests Former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s Son in Liquor Scam Case | 📰 LatestLY
The Enforcement Directorate ono July 18, arrested Chaitanya Baghel, son of Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in an alleged liquor scam. 📰 Chaitanya Baghel Arrested: ED Arrests Former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s Son in Liquor Scam Case.
This arrest of Chaitanya Baghel has come at a time when ED raided Bhupesh Baghel's house this morning. This arrest of Chaitanya Baghel has been made in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor scam.
ED raids ex-Chhattisgarh CM Baghel's home in connection with money laundering case involving his son
Chaitanya Baghel is reportedly linked to the Chhattisgarh liquor scam, which caused a massive loss to the state exchequer with illicit gains of over ₹2,100 crore to a liquor syndicate.
·New Delhi, India
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