Raipur. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam. The Raipur zonal office has provisionally attached assets worth ₹61.20 crore belonging to Chaitanya Baghel. The seized assets reportedly include 364 residential plots, agricultural land, bank balances, and fixed deposits.

This action was taken under the PMLA, 2002, and the total seizure amount in this scam has reached ₹276.20 crore. The ED initiated this investigation based on an FIR filed by the ACB (EOW), Raipur. Sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 were invoked in this FIR.

 The ED investigation revealed that Chaitanya Baghel was at the highest level of the liquor syndicate and controlled the entire network. He also kept accounts of the syndicate's earnings and invested the proceeds from the scam in his real estate business.