Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday termed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as Bhasmasur (a legendary demon endowed with the facility to show everybody he touches into ashes by lord shiva) and acuused it of finishing up raids on the inputs of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). “Who will investigate the wrongdoings of ED because there is no authority where one can lodge complaints against them?” the Chhattisgarh CM mentioned whereas interacting with reporters. “Is anyone listening to us? The central agency has been conducting raids and making arbitrary arrests at the request of the BJP, and it has now turned into “Bhasmasur.” It has become autocratic in its behaviour.” The Chhattisgarh chief minister additionally claimed that ED officers had been beating up folks of their custody, not permitting them to sleep at night time, and never offering them with water to drink.
Earlier in the present day, the ED arrested the particular secretary of the Chhattisgarh Excise Department in a cash laundering case linked to the alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor syndicate rip-off within the state. The alleged rip-off includes selective grant of licenses to liquor producers for fee, distribution of the collected cash and assortment of fee from liquor outlets. Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur Mayor and Congress chief Aijaz Dhebar, was the primary particular person to be arrested by the company within the case final week.
हर अति का अंत होता है, इनके पाप का घड़ा भर चुका है. #BJP_ED_Nexus pic.twitter.com/YYbZPz92hO
— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) May 12, 2023
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“The human rights watchdogs are also sitting silent as the ED continues to frame people in false cases. It’s curious how they acquired so much power. They (ED) are the Bhasmasur, which will wipe out the entire Opposition some day,” mentioned Baghel.
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— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) May 12, 2023
“Both the BJP and ED are acting in collusion. That (former CM and BJP leader) Raman Singh is issuing the press releases of the ED before the agency itself is proof of a nexus between the two. The ED is conducting raids on the basis of whatever the BJP is giving them,” the Chhattisgarh CM added.
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Claiming additional that not a single residence of a BJP chief was raided, he questioned how was it that the company knew who was a Congress member and who was with the BJP. He added it has been three years that ED and IT have been finishing up raids right here however not a single tackle of a BJP member has been raided. “Raids are taking place only at the residences of Congress leaders, which means BJP people are giving the tip-off,” he added.
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested the particular secretary of the Chhattisgarh Excise Department in a cash laundering case linked to the alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor syndicate rip-off within the state.
