A probe report provided by the ED has led the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in Chhattisgarh to file a complaint against former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and others in the suspected Mahadev online betting scam, officials said on Sunday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has been looking into the money laundering case connected to the Mahadev app for more than a year, has previously claimed that its investigation has revealed the involvement of several high-ranking officials and politicians from Chhattisgarh, the state from which the two major app promoters are originally.

The ED estimates that around Rs 6,000 crore was made from this crime.

The ED has been investigating the case and based on its report submitted to the state’s Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau, the FIR was registered against Baghel and others at the EOW police station here on March 4, a high-ranking EOW officer said.

The senior Congress leader Baghel added that the FIR names 14 other people as suspects in addition to app promoters Ravi Uppal, Saurabh Chandrakar, Shubham Soni, and Anil Kumar Agrawal.

A number of unnamed private people, police officers, bureaucrats, and officers on special duty (OSDs) have also been accused in the case but have not been given names, the officer said.

The official said that the case has been filed under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, such as 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), and 471 (using a forged document as authentic), as well as the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.

The Mahadev Book App promoters Uppal, Chandrakar, Soni, and Agrawal built the platform for live online betting and bet via Whatsapp, Facebook, Telegram, and other social media platforms, according to the FIR, which cited the ED’s report.

The promoters established various platforms and used panel operators and branch operators to carry out illicit online betting activities. It was claimed that they divided the remaining funds between panel operators and branch operators, keeping between 70 and 80 percent of the illegal profits for themselves.

The 2020 COVID-19 epidemic lockdown resulted in the promoters and panel operators earning around Rs 450 crore per month via the online betting app, according to the FIR.

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On Thursday, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) accusing the agency of putting efforts to falsely implicate his name in the alleged liquor scam in the state.

Baghel while addressing media at the Police Lines helipad in state capital Raipur said that the ED is working as an agent of the center ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Baghel said that their claim of the ED acting as a BJP agent has proved right claiming that the central agency has been threatening people to drag their names in false cases and even claimed that the ED is now trying to implicate him in the alleged excise scam in the state.

He claimed making an attack on BJP saying it is their aim to defame the Congress government.

CM Baghel adding to his scathing attack said that the saffron party has failed to put down the Congress government in the state, which is because it is misusing the ED.

Baghel asked the ED that why is it not taking any action against the distillers if they have accepted of selling liquor without paying excise duty.

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Baghel further added that the ED has been continuously releasing press statements mentioning that the distillers of selling liquor without paying excise duty and he asked if the said matter is according to what ED says then whether the distillers would become offenders or will they be tagged as witness? and asked why no action has been taken against the said distillers yet?

The Chief Minister warned of a strict action by the state’s Anti-Corruption Bureau in the matter that the BJP is trying to save the distillers.

Baghel’s remarks comes at a time when two person, one of which is Congress leader and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar’s brother Anwar Dhebar recently got arrested in the alleged liquor scam case.

The ED in a statement has alleged of a massive scam of whopping Rs 2,000 crore that took place in a deal of liquor trade in the state through syndicate which comprises high rank state government officials, private and political personnel.

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Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel addressed a media press conference in the wake of the grand old party’s lead in Himachal Assembly Elections on Thursday. In his address, the Congress leader raised caveat about defection and also told the media that the party has to be careful of BJP’s alleged horse-trading attribute.

As the vote counting continues in the favor of Congress in the Himachal Assembly elections on Thursday, reports surfaced which hinted toward the grand old party transferring their Himachal winning candidates to Chhatisgarh in fear of them being poached by the Saffron Party.

The Chhatisgarh CM has, however, quashed the rumors by stating that the party is not planning to bring the winning candidates to Chhatisgarh. But he did raise concern over the BJP’s horse trading practices and told the media that the party would have to take care of the candidates.

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Bhagel, further was asked about his take on the voting trends in the Himachal Elections to which he rebuted that it won’t be wise to say anything even as vote counting is still underway, however, the party had hoped to assume incumbency in Himachal Pradesh and can see it can see it happening.

Himachal Elections

According to reports, the grand old party are pulling ahead in the voting trends as they plan to unseat the BJP from Himachal Pradesh. The Congress Party are leading in 39 seats which surpasses the majority mark. The ruling BJP, according to trends, are trailing behind by leading only in 26 seats.

Himachal Pradesh’s tradition to vote out incumbency after every 5 years have turned in the favor of the grand old party in 2022 Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. The BJP on the other hand had initially started in a seesaw battle with the Congress however, the grand old party pulled away in the end as they lead in 39 seats.

The Himachal Pradesh election were held on 12 November and the Votes were scheduled to be counted on December 8.

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Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Bhagel, on Friday, targeted the RSS as he went on to ask the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh the reason for hate if everyone’s DNA is the same in India. The attack on the RSS by Bhagel comes after RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat had recently claimed that the DNA of all Indians is the same.

CM Bhagel questioned and targeted the RSS outfit as he went on to ask the reason for alleged hatred if the DNA of all Indians is the same. The Chhattisgarh CM also questioned why the role of Chief of RSS is never assumed by a Dalit and someone from a Tribal community and why the Chief only belongs to a particular class.

The Chhattisgarh CM further claimed that the RSS is doing nothing new and added that the issues raised by RSS are all the same issues that Congress once did. The attack on the RSS by the Chhattisgarh CM comes after RSS Chief recently addressed an event in Chhattisgarh where he claimed that all the people living in India are Hindus and also stated that everyone must respect each other’s way of worship.

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RSS’s Bhagwat in his address also stated that today’s science talks about DNA mapping and added that we may feel that we are different, but even science says that our ancestors were the same for 40,000 years.

RSS Chief also added that those ancestors have taught us that we all have our own style of worship, language, and food habits, and further urged the people to be close to their roots in this term. RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat was speaking at an event organized by the organization in Suruguja in Chhattisgarh on November 16.

Mohan Bhagwat also countered the critics of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as he went on to urge the people to visit an RSS Shakha themselves to understand what RSS really is.

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