Days after multiple raids at the residence and other premises linked to Bhupesh Baghel and his associates, the CBI has named the former CM in its FIR in the Mahadev betting app case.
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New Delhi: Former Chhattisgarh CM and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel has been named as one of the accused in the FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Mahadev betting app case. His name was also there in an FIR filed by the Chhattisgarh Economic Offence Wing (EOW). This comes after the CBI raided 60 places in connection with this matter.
Earlier, both the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at multiple locations in connection with the alleged Rs 6,000 crore Mahadev app betting scam. The agency also raided the properties of Baghel’s associates, including Congress MLA Devendra Yadav, former political advisor Vinod Verma, and several senior police officials.
The former Chhattisgarh CM had earlier accused the CBI of conducting politically motivated raids at his residences in Raipur and Bhilai, saying the action was aimed at generating material for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming speech during his visit to the state on March 30.
VIDEO | Bhilai: Here’s what former Chhattisgarh CM and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) said as the CBI conducted a search at his residence in connection with the alleged Mahadev betting app scam:
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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 26, 2025
“The raids were politically motivated. The action was carried out just to generate contents of the PM’s speech during his upcoming visit to the state on March 30. There was no other reason,” Baghelsaid while talking to reporters after the CBI concluded the action at his residence in Bhilai.
“I didn’t receive any notice about raids in Raipur’s official residence. I learnt about the raids after I came out of the house now. Whatever they had planted there, I will not be responsible for it because neither I, not my family members were there. This is their (CBI’s) conspiracy,” he added.
During the ED’s searches at his, his son’s house and others’ premises in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to a liquor scam, Baghel said no one could stop Congress in Punjab through the means of raids.
