New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh prosecution complaint or chargesheet in a court in Chhattisgarh regarding a multi-crore 'liquor scam'. The agency has alleged that Chaitanya, son of Congress leader and former CM Bhupesh Baghel, "handled" over Rs.1,000 crore worth of "proceeds of crime".

The 7,039-page supplementary prosecution complaint (chargesheet) was filed in the court of the 6th district and additional sessions judge Damarudhar Chouhan in Raipur, naming Chaitanya Baghel, a businessman, as an accused.

The alleged Rs.2,100-crore liquor scam took place when a Congress government headed by Bhupesh Baghel was in office in the state (2018-23).

The prosecution complaint was filed before the specia...