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Chhattisgarh CM Baghel’s top aide arrested by ED: Who is Saumya Chaurasia?

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Saumya Chaurasia is a civil servant from the Chhattisgarh Administrative Service and joined the Chief Minister’s Office in 2018 after Baghel’s government was formed in the state.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Soumya Chaurasia, Deputy Secretary to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in a money laundering case. He was arrested for his alleged involvement in an illegal mining case involving over Rs 150 crore.

Chaurasia is a civil servant from the Chhattisgarh Administrative Service and joined the Chief Minister’s Office in 2018 after Baghel’s government was formed in the state. Income Tax (IT) Department.

The top bureaucrat earlier made headlines when the I-T department raided his house in July and seized ‘undisclosed’ cash and jewelery worth a total of ₹14 crore. He was also found to have tax evaded several crores of rupees.

Chaurasia’s Bhilai House was searched by Income Tax officials for the first time in February 2020, prompting Baghel to send an angry letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the “unconstitutional” and “politically motivated” Income Tax (I-T) raids in the Congress-ruled Inspired to inspired to. State. Baghel’s letter alleged that the raids coincided with a criminal investigation launched by his government into acts of corruption under the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

Chhattisgarh CM Baghel’s top aide arrested by ED: Who is Saumya Chaurasia?

source-hindustantimes.com