Bhupesh Baghel’s son got ₹250-crore share from liquor fraud case: Charge sheet
Chaitanya, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, received ₹200 crore to ₹250 crore as his share from an alleged liquor scam in the state, the Anti- Corruption Bureau/Economic Offence Wing (ACB/EOW) claimed in its chargesheet. Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel addresses a press conference, in Patna.(PTI) The state police’s ACB/EOW, in its seventh supplementary chargesheet in the multi-crore liquor scam filed before a special court here on Monday, claimed Chaitanya Baghel played a key role in establishing, coordinating, and protecting extortion racket (syndicate) within the excise department (during the previous Congress government which was in office from 2018-23). The document, which runs into around 3,800 pages, has named Chaitnaya Baghel as an accused in the alleged scam pegged at more than ₹3,000 crore, an ACB/EOW statement said. With this, a total of eight chargesheets have been filed in the case so far. The latest chargesheet details the current status of probe against the accused already arrested, along with digital evidence reports pertaining to all those in custody. The statement quoting the chargesheet said Chaitanya …

