Overview

• A special PMLA court in Raipur on July 22 remanded Chaitanya Baghel to 14 days of judicial custody, extending his detention until August 4.
• The ED’s Raipur zonal office confirmed that Baghel received ₹16.7 crore in cash from the alleged ₹2,100 crore liquor scam, which he laundered through real estate ventures.
• Officials allege Baghel handled over ₹1,000 crore in proceeds of crime between 2019 and 2022 by routing funds through shell companies and property projects.
• The State Economic Offences Investigation and Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested three chartered accountants linked to the excise racket’s commission scheme that siphoned state revenue.
• The Chhattisgarh Congress staged statewide road blockades and economic protests, denouncing the investigations as politically motivated.