Chargesheet against Chaitanya Baghel mentions intimation of delivery of 'saamaan' or cash by former CM, identifies kingpin of ‘liquor scam’, and records chats, statements and money trail.
The 305-page chargesheet filed by AP Police however stopped short of naming him as an accused. SIT probing case had arrested YSRCP Lok Sabha member PV Midhun Reddy Saturday.
Chaitanya Baghel is reportedly linked to the Chhattisgarh liquor scam, which caused a massive loss to the state exchequer with illicit gains of over ₹2,100 crore to a liquor syndicate.
The ex-YSRCP leader has been called to appear as a witness on 12 July, citing his possible knowledge of crucial facts and circumstances surrounding the case.
ED alleges Lakhma played ‘integral part’ in liquor syndicate, ‘actively assisted’ in processes behind excise policy that is alleged to have caused loss of over Rs 2,000 cr to exchequer.
The bench was hearing former IAS officer Atul Tuteja and his son Yash’s petition assailing the ED’s move to initiate a probe against them under the PMLA based on an income tax raid.
Probe agency accuses multiple Congress leaders & state officials of being involved in two syndicates that extorted money from coal transporters and through illegal liquor supply.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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