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Bhupesh Baghel said that the note-counting machine was brought by the Enforcement Directorate to create a sensation.
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the Enforcement Directorate found Rs33 lakh after raiding his house. (Source: PTI)
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel revealed the amount of money which was found by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after conducting a raid at his house on Monday.
Baghel said that he has been living in the house with his wife, a son, three daughters, a daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
Listing the items on X, Baghel said that ED found three things in his house which were “a pen drive containing a conversation about the transaction of crores between Manturam and Dr. Puneet Gupta (Dr. Raman Singh’s son-in-law), papers of SAIL company of Dr. Raman Singh’s son Abhishek Singh and the total of farming, dairy, “cash in hand” and stridhan” which was about Rs33 lakh.
ED घर से चली गई है.मेरे घर में उनको तीन चीजें मिली हैं:
1. मंतूराम और डॉ पुनीत गुप्ता (डॉ रमन सिंह जी के दामाद) के बीच करोड़ों के लेनदेन की बातचीत की पेनड्राइव
2. डॉ रमन सिंह जी के पुत्र अभिषाक सिंह की सेल कंपनी के कागज
3. पूरे संयुक्त परिवार में खेती, डेयरी, स्त्रीधन, “कैश… pic.twitter.com/q6k48GZ8YM
— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) March 10, 2025
Baghel said that this was not a big amount if the sources of income, which include 140 acres of land, were taken into consideration.
“I was reading the newspaper and having a cup of tea when the ED team arrived. I told them that they were welcome and that I had been waiting for them for months and years… My wife, three daughters, son, daughter-in-law, grandsons and granddaughters live here. We are into farming. In this joint family, we farm on 140 acres of land…We had what we had declared. They examined it. ₹33 Lakhs cash was found from different people – from my wife, son, daughter-in-law and daughters. We also do farming and have a dairy. This included streedhan (jewellery) too,” said the Congress leader, while speaking to ANI.
He added that the note-counting machines were brought by the agency to sensationalise the situation.
“An atmosphere was created that note counting machines had been brought…I don’t think this is a very big amount…It is clear that now asking questions in Vidhan Sabha has become a crime,” Baghel said.
ED Raids House Of Bhupesh Baghel
The premises of Baghel, located in Bhilai town of Durg district, were raided by the ED as part of the money laundering investigation in connection with the alleged liquor scam case.
The investigation is being carried out by the ED against Baghel’s son Chaitanya Baghel.
The ED, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), also searched the premises of Chaitanya’s alleged close associate Laxmi Narayan Bansal alias Pappu Bansal and others.
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Raipur, India, India