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Raipur, March 26, 2025: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the premises of former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and his close associates.
CBI raided the Raipur and Bhilai residences of Bhupesh Baghel.
The central agency has also raided the premises of some of the close confidants of Baghel, who is the AICC General Secretary in charge of Punjab.
CBI raid is said to be related to Mahadev online gambling (satta) matter.
Sources claimed that more than two dozen teams from the CBI have raided multiple places in Chhattisgarh and inquiry is under progress.
Many of the people, who are facing CBI raid today, have also been in the net of Enforcement Directorate and ED had also recently raided the house of former Chief Minister Baghel at Bhilai.
On March 10, 2025 ED (Enforcement Directorate) had conducted an early morning raid on the Bhilai residence of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for his son’s alleged involvement in liquor scam.
Reports suggested that the ED conducted raids in multiple locations of Chhattisgarh for alleged involvement of Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in the liquor scam.
Baghel was voted out from power in 2023 Assembly election and both the father and son live in their Bhilai home.
Sleuth from the ED also raided the premises of people close to Chaitanya, media reports stated.
A team of officials with elaborate security reached early morning at the Bhilai house of Baghel and started their probe, sources claimed.
The agency has not yet issued any press release on the matter.
Several top bureaucrats and Kawasi Lakhma, who was Excise Minister in Bhupesh Baghel cabinet, are currently in jail, waiting for completion of trial, for their alleged involvement in the liquor scam.
