Raipur. Taking major action in the alleged liquor scam worth crores of rupees in Chhattisgarh, ED has temporarily seized 355 plots of Chaitanya Baghel, son of former CM of the state and senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel. All these plots are in Vitthal Green Colony located in Kumhari-Janjgiri. Chaitanya Patel is said to be associated with this colony. The plot seized by ED from Bhupesh Baghel's son is worth Rs 61 crore. ED has already arrested Chaitanya Baghel and sent him to jail.
Vitthal Green Colony is a real estate project. There are a total of 385 plots in this project. Out of which 30 plots have been sold. ED seized the lands after getting approval from the adjudicating authority of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act i.e. PMLA. ED alleges that these plots were purchased with illegal money obtained from the alleged liquor scam. One of the plots which has been seized is also commercial. ED claims that during the investigation it was revealed that a liquor scam worth about Rs 3000 crore took place in Chhattisgarh. The money received from which was used in real estate business and purchasing other properties.
ED has alleged that former CM Bhupesh Baghel's son Chaitanya was active at the top level of the liquor syndicate and was the one keeping track of the illegal money transactions. For this reason, ED has seized the properties of Chaitanya Patel. On November 10, 2025, ED had issued an order to temporarily seize the properties belonging to Chaitanya Baghel. After which a complaint was given to the adjudicating authority for confiscation on 8 December 2025. On March 19 this year, the authority had upheld the ED's seizure order. Then on March 23, approval was given to confiscate the properties. ED had put a copy of this order at Chaitanya Baghel's house in Bhilai.