On the last day of the state Assembly session, the Enforcement Directorate Friday launched fresh raids at the residence of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s son in connection with an alleged liquor scam.
Chaitanya Baghel’s house in Bhilai town, which he shares with his father, is being searched by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on receipt of fresh evidence in the case, officials were quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel took to X to remark that the federal agency “has arrived” on the last day of the Assembly session.
“The issue of tress being cut for Adani in Tamnar was supposed to be raised in the House today. At Bhilai Niwas, ‘saheb’ has sent the ED,” his post in Hindi read.
ED आ गई.
आज विधानसभा सत्र का अंतिम दिन है.
अडानी के लिए तमनार में काटे जा रहे पेड़ों का मुद्दा आज उठना था.
भिलाई निवास में “साहेब” ने ED भेज दी है.
(कार्यालय- भूपेश बघेल)
— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) July 18, 2025
In March this year, the agency conducted similar searches against Chaitanya, who was earlier suspected to be the “recipient” of the proceeds of crime of the alleged liquor scam.
It is alleged that under the scam, a total of Rs 2,161 crore was siphoned off through various schemes including collecting commissions and supplying unaccounted liquor to government liquor shops between 2019 and 2023, during the previous Congress government in Chhattisgarh.
Earlier this year, Baghel was chosen by the Congress as its general secretary for Punjab.
