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Chaitanya Baghel, lad of elder Congress person Bhupesh Baghel, received ₹200-250 crore generated done the alleged liquor scam successful Chhattisgarh, the State’s Anti Corruption Bureau-Economic Offences Wing (ACB-EOW) has said successful a chargesheet filed connected Monday (December 22, 2025).
Earlier, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), which is probing the wealth laundering linked to the alleged liquor scam, had said that Mr. Chaitanya Baghel personally handled astir ₹1,000 crore generated from the alleged scam.
“In summation to managing the scam wealth astatine higher levels, grounds has been recovered of him (Chaitanya Baghel) receiving a stock of astir ₹200 to ₹250 crore,” the ACB-EOW stated successful a property note, attributing this to the eighth and latest chargesheet.
Mr. Chaitanya Baghel was liable for distributing and managing the scam wealth collected by co-accused Anwar Dhebar’s squad to higher levels done his trusted associates, according to the investigators. The merchandise stated that Mr. Chaitanya Baghel received his stock of the wealth from assorted firms of Trilok Singh Dhillon, transferred it done banking channels to his household firms, and utilized it for under-construction existent property projects. He received and invested ample sums of the scam wealth done his household friends and associates, besides done banking channels, it is besides alleged.
The alleged scam surfaced during Mr. Bhupesh Baghel’s tenure arsenic Chhattisgarh’s Chief Minister and it purportedly caused nonaccomplishment to the exchequer. The ACB-EOW besides accrued the full look worth of the alleged scam, according to Monday’s property statement.
“As of now, the probe has estimated the full magnitude of the excise scam to beryllium astir ₹3,074 crore. However, further probe suggests that this amerciable amount, from each sources, could transcend ₹3,500 crore,” the merchandise said.
