THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Raipur, March 26: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today carried out searches at the residences of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in Raipur and Bhilai, along with those of a senior police officer and close associates, sources said.
The raids were part of an investigation into the Mahadev betting app case, with sources indicating that premises linked to some Congress leaders and police officials in Raipur and Durg districts were also searched.
Baghel, a senior Congress leader, was scheduled to travel to Delhi today for a meeting of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) ‘Drafting Committee,’ ahead of the AICC session in Ahmedabad on April 8-9. However, before his departure, CBI teams arrived at his residences in Raipur and Bhilai.
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Addressing the situation, Baghel’s office posted on his X handle, “Now CBI has come. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is scheduled to go to Delhi today for the meeting of the “Drafting Committee” constituted for the AICC meeting to be held in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) on April 8 and 9. Even before that, CBI reached Raipur and Bhilai residence.”
This development follows the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) March 10 searches at the residences of Baghel, his son Chaitanya Baghel, and others in connection with an alleged multi-crore liquor scam.
