After arresting Chaitanya Baghel, the Enforcement Directorate, in a statement, had said he “handled” more than Rs 1,000 crore worth of “proceeds of crime” generated from the alleged liquor scam and had used Rs 16.7 crore from it in his real estate project.The alleged liquor scam, as per the ED, was orchestrated between 2019-22 when Chhattisgarh was under the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government, resulting in “massive loss” to the state exchequer, while beneficiaries of a liquor syndicate pocketed more than Rs 2,100 crore.The ED in January arrested former minister and Congress leader Kawasi Lakhma, besides Anwar Dhebar, former IAS officer Anil Tuteja, Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer Arunpati Tripathi, among others, for alleged involvement in the scam.
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