The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's residences in Bhilai and Raipur. The raids are also targeting Baghel's close aide and a senior IPS officer's premises. This action follows the CBI filing a revision petition in the CD scandal case, with a hearing scheduled for April 4th. Previously, the Enforcement Directorate had recovered over 33 lakh in cash during searches at premises linked to Baghel's son, Chaitanya Baghel.
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00:00The Central Bureau of Investigation raiding former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's residence.
00:10The latest information that's coming in right now, a source is telling us that the CBI has
00:14raided Bhupesh Bhagel's residence underway in Bhilai and Raipur, two important cities
00:19of the state.
00:20CBI is searching at also the premises of Bhagel's aid.
00:23We are told that a senior IPS officer's premises is also a CBI raid going on.
00:30This is big.
00:31A close aid and a senior IPS officer's premises also is where the Central Bureau of Investigation
00:35team is currently at.
00:37CBI had filed a revision petition in the CBI scandal case, court had earlier discharged
00:41Bhupesh Bhagel in the case, but the hearing on the revision petition is scheduled now
00:46for the 4th of April.
00:48I want to immediately bring in Munish Pandey for the latest on that.
00:53Munish, good morning.
00:54Tell us first about the case that Bhupesh Bhagel is facing and how the CBI raid has been
01:00initiated against him and why?
01:03Good morning, Pooja.
01:05At this point of time, we have been given to understand is that there are multiple teams
01:09of Central Bureau of Investigation who are searching multiple premises linked to former
01:15Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel, his close aid and one IPS officer.
01:22Now, in which case these searches are being going on, remember the Central Bureau of Investigation
01:28is already, you know, they had lodged an FIR and they are investigating the CD case from
01:34last five years.
01:36Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate had conducted searches at the premises linked to Bhupesh
01:41Bhagel's son in a money laundering case, but this time the Central Bureau of Investigation
01:46has stepped in and they are conducting searches at multiple locations.
01:51The Central Bureau of Investigation is very tight-lipped about the case in which the searches
01:56are going on.
01:57They are saying that still they are covering few of the premises, which means that the
02:02number of locations being searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation may increase
02:06in next one hour and this is the reason why Central Bureau of Investigation is not divulging
02:12much details.
02:13But as far as Bhupesh Bhagel is concerned, remember Pooja, when Enforcement Directorate
02:20was conducting searches, Bhupesh Bhagel took a press conference saying that this is a witch
02:25hunt by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Central Government and that is why he and
02:29his family members are being targeted.
02:32But when ED conducted searches, there were cash of more than 33 lakh which were recovered
02:37from the premises linked to his son Chaitanya Bhagel.
02:40At this point of time, Central Bureau of Investigation is claiming that during the searches, they
02:44will try to find out the documents or any evidence which is linked to the case in which
02:49the searches are going on.
02:50Pooja.
02:51Very interesting.
02:52Munish, please keep tracking all the latest, the twists and turns coming in in this case.
02:55Former CM, Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Bhagel's residence and others also being raided by the CBI.
03:01CBI will keep you updated with what happens from the investigation.