Chaitanya Baghel actively linked to proceeds of crime in liquor case: ED tells court

Former Chhattisgarh Prime Minister and Congress Leader Bhupesh Baghel’s son Chaitania Baghel was produced by the Executive Directorate at the PMLA court in Raipur on Friday. | Photo Loan: Ani
On Friday, July 18, 2025, the Executive Directorate claimed that the senior congress leader had criminal revenues of companies linked to the son of Chaicanian Baghel, and claimed that the crime was connected to processes or activities, as it was linked to the foreseen. and so on.
Based on the alleged statements of Laxmi Naradan, the defendant in the case, the investigation agency said to the court that he had admitted to the court that he had dealt with 1000 crore money caused by liquor deception in relation to Mr. Chaiitania Baghel in his statements.

“…HE [Bansal] He was used to collect these criminal revenues from Anwar Dhebar via Chawda and then delivered the funds to Shri Ram Gopal Agarwal in coordination with Chaicania Baghel. In addition, before the Court, the other names mentioned above have delivered to the “Shri KK Srivastava” to the Chaiitanian Baghel Instructions from the funds received from Dicak Chawda ”.
Mr Chaitania Baghel claimed that “16.70 Crore has received crime revenues and also plays an important role in addressing more than 1000 Crore, which also caused by criminal revenues”.
The consultants who appeared for Mr. Chaicania Baghel, Faisal Rizvi and Harshwardhan Parganiha, who were against the petition, rejected all the allegations on the grounds of arrest. They claimed that the defendants first have legitimate income sources proportional to the assets that could be justified by the agricultural business covering 200 acres of land, and from the annual income tax returns (ITR).
Published – 19 July 2025 12:02 AM IST


