The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday raided the residence of Congress General Secretary and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in the Mahadev betting app case.

Officials from the central investigation team reached both Raipur and Bhilai before Baghel was scheduled to attend a meeting at the Congress Headquarters in Delhi, said his office in a tweet.

"Now CBI has come. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is scheduled to go to Delhi today for the meeting of the “Drafting Committee” constituted for the AICC meeting to be held in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) on 8 and 9 April. Even before that, CBI has reached Raipur and Bhilai residence," read the post on X.

So far, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized, attached, and frozen assets worth Rs 2,295 crore as part of the probe into the Mahadev Online Betting app.

This comes days after the ED conducted a series of raids at 14 locations in the Durg district, including searches at Bhupesh Baghel's residence and his son Chaitanya Baghel's residence, in connection with an alleged liquor scam case on March 10.

Following the raids, Baghel took to X and stated that the agency found Rs 33 lakh in cash at his residence. He clarified that the amount was his income from farming, dairy, and family savings.

Earlier, the ED claimed that the beneficiaries gained Rs 2,100 crore in proceeds of crime in the alleged liquor case, causing a "massive loss" to the state exchequer.

Source: India Today