Days After ED Raids, CBI Searches Ex-Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's Residences

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday carried out searches at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's Raipur and Bhilai residences.

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CBI at the residence of former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel. (Image: ANI)

Nearly a month after the Enforcement Directorate raided the residences of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday carried out searches at the Congress leader’s Raipur and Bhilai residences.

According to sources, CRPF personnel have been deployed outside the house of Bhupesh Baghel in order to prevent stone pelting and a crowding-like situation that ED officials faced.

It is learnt that the investigative agency’s action is being taken regarding the Mahadev Satta app, coal, and liquor scam. In addition to this, the action is also being linked to the PSC scam.

Bhupesh Baghel’s Office Reacts

Responding to the investigative agencies’ searches, Bhupesh Baghel’s office in a post on X wrote that the former Chief Minister was scheduled to travel to Delhi for the meeting of the “Drafting Committee" constituted for the AICC meet. However, before he could leave for the capital, the CBI arrived

“Now CBI has come. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was scheduled to travel 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. Before he could leave, the CBI reached his Raipur and Bhilai residence."

ED Raids Premises Of Bhupesh Baghel’s Son

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 10 carried out extensive searches at the residence of the son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel in connection with an alleged liquor scam linked to a money laundering case in the state.

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The probe agency raided around 15 locations, including the residence of Chaitanya Baghel in Bhilai. The ED earlier said the Chhattisgarh liquor “scam" resulted in “massive loss" to the state exchequer and filled the pockets of the beneficiaries of a liquor syndicate with more than Rs 2,100 crore of proceeds of crime.

However, following the searches, Congress workers, agitated with the raids, clashed with police personnel deployed outside Baghel’s residence and raised slogans against the probe agency. The team of ED officials was also attacked and manhandled outside the Congress leader’s residence in Durg.

Location :
Chhattisgarh, India, India

First Published:
March 26, 2025, 08:29 IST