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Shubhomoy Sikdar

MYSTERIOUS: Ed s statement a malicious attempt to tarnish my image baghel - You Need To See This

ED Bhupesh Baghel Mahadev Asim Das Chhattisgarh Enforcement Directorate Bharatiya Janata Party

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) claim that it was probing an alleged payment of about ₹508 crore by Mahadev betting app promoters to him was a joke and a malicious attempt to tarnish his image. 

In a press statement issued earlier, the ED said it intercepted a cash courier, Asim Das, who was sent from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) especially to deliver the cash for “electioneering expenses of the ruling Congress party”. 

Mr. Baghel took to X where he posted a long rebuttal calling the ED statement a political attempt to defame the popular Congress government which was being done through the agency. He also questioned the very basis of the claim made by the Central agency.

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