NEW DELHI: In an indication that Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel may be questioned, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday cited ‘forensic investigation’ and a purported email by Mahadev app case accused behind the claims of payment of Rs 508 crore to the CM.
The agency said, “From the questioning of Asim Das, the forensic investigation of the phone recovered from him and examination of email sent by Shubham Soni (one of the high-ranking accused in the Mahadev app case), many startling allegations have come forth, namely that regular payments have been made in the past and, so far, around Rs 508 crore has been paid by Mahadev app promoters to Bhupesh Baghel.These are matters of investigation.”
Both Das and his accomplice, police constable Bheem Yadav, were produced before the PMLA special judge, Raipur, who remanded them to seven days of ED custody. The charge comes at a time when BJP has made corruption its main theme against the Baghel government. Reacting to the charges, deputy CM T S Singhdeo had said, “BJP finds itself losing elections, which is why such wild allegations are coming up.”
The promoters of Mahadev app, Ravi Uppal and Sourabh Chandrakar, are from Chhattisgarh, and have been accused of funding police officers, bureaucrats and politicians in the state in return for protection for their betting business, which has allegedly defrauded thousands of youth.
The agency said, “From the questioning of Asim Das, the forensic investigation of the phone recovered from him and examination of email sent by Shubham Soni (one of the high-ranking accused in the Mahadev app case), many startling allegations have come forth, namely that regular payments have been made in the past and, so far, around Rs 508 crore has been paid by Mahadev app promoters to Bhupesh Baghel.These are matters of investigation.”
Both Das and his accomplice, police constable Bheem Yadav, were produced before the PMLA special judge, Raipur, who remanded them to seven days of ED custody. The charge comes at a time when BJP has made corruption its main theme against the Baghel government. Reacting to the charges, deputy CM T S Singhdeo had said, “BJP finds itself losing elections, which is why such wild allegations are coming up.”
The promoters of Mahadev app, Ravi Uppal and Sourabh Chandrakar, are from Chhattisgarh, and have been accused of funding police officers, bureaucrats and politicians in the state in return for protection for their betting business, which has allegedly defrauded thousands of youth.
