The Enforcement Directorate raided locations connected to Chaitanya Baghel. The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a liquor scam and money laundering case. The ED had earlier alleged that the Chhattisgarh liquor scam resulted in a massive loss to the state exchequer. In January, the ED arrested former minister and Congress leader Kawasi Lakhma in connection with the case. Other key arrests include Anwar Dhebar, the elder brother of Raipur Mayor and Congress party leader Aijaz Dhe bar, and former IAS officer Anil Tuteja, and Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer Arunpati Tripathi, among others. So far the ED has attached assets worth about Rs 205 crore belonging to various accused as part of its probe. According to the agency, the alleged liquor scam was orchestrated between 2019 and 2022, when the Congress government led by Bhupesh Baghel was in power. The former chief minister’s office said, “When the false case going on for seven years was dismissed in the court, today, the guests of ED entered the Bhilai residence of former CM and Congress General Secretary Bhupes Baghel this morning.”