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RAIPUR
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) said connected Monday (June 1, 2026) that it had provisionally attached properties with a deed worth of ₹200 crore and combined marketplace worth of implicit ₹1000 crore successful transportation with the alleged liquor scam successful Chhattisgarh.
“The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Raipur Zonal Office, issued 3 Provisional Attachment Orders (PAOs) connected 28.05.2026 nether the PMLA, 2002, provisionally attaching the properties,” the ED said.
The attached properties see a edifice successful Goa for which ₹110 crore was paid successful unaccounted currency sourced from the liquor scam and physically transported astatine the lawsuit of Chaitanya Baghel, lad of elder Congress person and erstwhile Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the bureau claimed. Mr. Chaitanya Baghel is 1 of the accused successful the lawsuit and is presently retired connected bail.
“The 2nd PAO, attaches Hotel Westinn Goa [Village Anjuna, North Goa], a premium edifice spot lasting successful the sanction of M/s Pacifica Hotels India Private Limited, whose directors see Rahul Agrawal and Vijay Kumar Agrawal [both accused successful the liquor scam]. The edifice was acquired wholly retired of Proceeds of Crime for a full information of astir ₹110 crore,” the ED stated.
The bureau is probing the wealth laundering space successful the scam that surfaced successful the State betwixt 2019 and 2023 erstwhile Mr. Bhupesh Baghel was the Chief Minister. So acold 85 accused person been named successful the case, including Mr. Chaitanya Baghel.
Of the 2 different PAOs, 1 was issued for assets worthy ₹30 crore and includes immovable properties — aggregate plots and onshore parcels — linked to co-accused Vikas Agrawal and Anwar Dhebar.
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“Vikas Agrawal functioned arsenic the ground-level fiscal manager of the syndicate, collecting commissions from distilleries and FL-10A licensees and routing funds straight to Anwar Dhebar. Properties lasting successful the names of Shri Vikas Agrawal’s household members are attached arsenic worth equivalent to his Proceeds of Crime. Further, benami properties of Anwar Dhebar — comprising aggregate plots successful Dhebar City Homes, Raipur [held done M/s A. Dhebar Buildcon, a steadfast nether his beneficial control] and 5 onshore parcels successful Raipur [held done ammunition entities M/s Shining Star Buildcon, M/s Moonlight Real Estate, M/s Swarn Infrabuild, and M/s Jai Gurudev Infrastructure] — are besides attached arsenic nonstop Proceeds of Crime laundered done the liquor scam. The full attachment nether this PAO is astir ₹30 Crore,” the ED further stated.
An ED authoritative said that the 3rd PAO attaches slope accounts, shares, and communal funds of the 3 FL-10A licensee companies and aggregate to ₹51 crore. These 3 companies — M/s Om Sai Beverages Pvt. Ltd., M/s Dishita Ventures Pvt. Ltd., and M/s Nexgen Power Engitech Pvt. Ltd. — were compelled to remit 50–60% of their profits to the syndicate, the authoritative added.
The ED’s connection besides revealed that it has besides filed its Sixth Supplementary Prosecution Complaint (chargesheet) earlier the Special Court (PMLA), Raipur, arraigning 4 much accused: Vijay Bhatia (businessman with adjacent links to the syndicate who had a 52.5% benami involvement successful M/s Om Sai Beverages transferred to him nether coercion), T. Bhuneshwar Rao, Probir Sharma (who physically transported crores of rupees successful currency connected behalf of the syndicate), and Nikhil Chandrakar.
