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Chaitanya Baghel Remanded to 13-Day EOW Custody After Anticipatory Bail Denied in Chhattisgarh Liquor Case

State investigators plan custodial questioning on alleged fund flows tied to a parallel excise syndicate outlined in ED filings.

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Overview

  • A single-judge bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court led by Justice Arvind Kumar Verma rejected Chaitanya Baghel’s anticipatory bail plea.
  • A special court in Raipur remanded him to Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau custody until 6 October for interrogation.
  • The Enforcement Directorate arrested him on 18 July and on 15 September filed a roughly 7,000-page supplementary charge sheet alleging he acted as the syndicate’s controller and handled over ₹1,000 crore.
  • The state case cites offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B.
  • Filings describe an alleged excise scheme operating from 2019 to 2023, with ED estimating illicit proceeds at about ₹2,161 crore and the state probe citing figures up to ₹3,200 crore, while co-accused Dipendra Chavda was also sent to EOW custody until 6 October.