The Enforcement Directorate raided the premises of senior officers, businessmen and politicians of the ruling Congress at completely different places in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, sources mentioned.
Separate groups of the ED began conducting the raids within the morning in state capital Raipur, Raigarh, Mahasamund, Korba and different districts, they mentioned.
The raids lined premises of district collector, some senior officers, businessman and politicians of the ruling get together, they mentioned with out elaborating.
Chhattisgarh Congress communication cell chief Sushil Anand Shukla mentioned he had a terror that the opposition Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) would misuse central companies within the state because it was unable to battle a political battle (with the ruling get together).
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had additionally expressed the apprehension many occasions, Shukla mentioned.
If the motion is taken as per legislation then there is no such thing as a drawback, he mentioned.
“However, the BJP is misusing the central companies throughout the nation to create stress,” he claimed, including that that is condemnable.
“The Congress get together is not going to be frightened of such malpractices. We are going to battle them. We are going to expose them earlier than the general public,” Shukla mentioned.
Final month, the Earnings Tax Division had performed raids on the premises of businessmen related to metal and coal companies.
Related raids performed by the I-T division in June-July this yr lined the premises of coal businessman Suryakant Tiwari and a authorities officer posted within the Chief Minister’s Workplace.