The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday, Jan 2, granted bail to Chaitanya Baghel, son of former chief minister and senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, in two cases related to the alleged liquor scam.
The high court granted him bail in a case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate and another by Chhattisgarh Anti Corruption Bureau/Economic Offence Wing, ED counsel Saurabh Kumar Pande said. ED arrested Chaitanya Baghel in July last year in connection with its money laundering probe in the alleged scam, while ACB/EOW placed him under arrest, while he was in jail, in September in its case linked to the corruption probe. The liquor “scam” in the state, according to ED, was orchestrated between 2019 and 2022 when Chhattisgarh was governed by the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government.
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