The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 61.20 crore belonging to Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Chhattisgarh liquor scam.

The attached assets include immovable properties in the form of 364 residential plots and agricultural lands worth Rs 59.96 crore, and movable properties in the form of bank balances and fixed deposits worth Rs 1.24 crore.

The ED initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered by the ACB/EOW, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, under various sections of the IPC, 1860, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, regarding the liquor scam in Chhattisgarh.

The polic

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