CBI raids former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's residence in Bhilai and Raipur

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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.

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