Regarding the action of ED in the case of online betting in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that it does not have any branch in Chhattisgarh, those who feed betting are definitely from here. The CM told that on March 30, 2022, the first FIR in this case was done in Durg, then Chhattisgarh police registered 72 cases in Raipur, Bilaspur and all other places and arrested 449 accused. He said that such a big action has not been taken anywhere so far, but only those who took action are being accused of being involved in the case. The CM said that the arrests of the accused have taken place not only in Chhattisgarh but also at different places in Delhi, Goa and Mumbai and till now 196 laptops, 885 mobiles and many electronic gadgets have been seized. More than 40 lakh cash and material worth more than 1.5 crore have been seized. Apart from this, an amount of more than 16 crore rupees and about 1000 bank accounts have been seized. Regarding the action of ED in the case of online betting in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that it does not have any branch in Chhattisgarh, which is going to feed betting, They definitely belong here. The CM told that on March 30, 2022, the first FIR in this case was done in Durg, then Chhattisgarh police registered 72 cases in Raipur, Bilaspur and all other places and arrested 449 accused. He said that such a big action has not been taken anywhere so far, but only those who took action are being accused of being involved in the case. The CM said that the arrests of the accused have taken place not only in Chhattisgarh but also at different places in Delhi, Goa and Mumbai and till now 196 laptops, 885 mobiles and many electronic gadgets have been seized. More than 40 lakh cash and material worth more than 1.5 crore have been seized. Apart from this, an amount of more than 16 crore rupees and about 1000 bank accounts have been seized. Regarding the action of ED in the case of online betting in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that it does not have any branch in Chhattisgarh, which is going to feed betting, They definitely belong here. The CM told that on March 30, 2022, the first FIR in this case was done in Durg, then Chhattisgarh police registered 72 cases in Raipur, Bilaspur and all other places and arrested 449 accused. He said that such a big action has not been taken anywhere so far, but only those who took action are being accused of being involved in the case. The CM said that the arrests of the accused have taken place not only in Chhattisgarh but also at different places in Delhi, Goa and Mumbai and till now 196 laptops, 885 mobiles and many electronic gadgets have been seized. More than 40 lakh cash and material worth more than 1.5 crore have been seized. Apart from this, an amount of more than 16 crore rupees and about 1000 bank accounts have been seized. Regarding the action of ED in the case of online betting in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that it does not have any branch in Chhattisgarh, which is going to feed betting, They definitely belong here. The CM told that on March 30, 2022, the first FIR in this case was done in Durg, then Chhattisgarh police registered 72 cases in Raipur, Bilaspur and all other places and arrested 449 accused. He said that such a big action has not been taken anywhere so far, but only those who took action are being accused of being involved in the case. The CM said that the arrests of the accused have taken place not only in Chhattisgarh but also at different places in Delhi, Goa and Mumbai and till now 196 laptops, 885 mobiles and many electronic gadgets have been seized. More than 40 lakh cash and material worth more than 1.5 crore have been seized. Apart from this, an amount of more than Rs 16 crore and about 1000 bank accounts have been seized. He said that there is no branch or office of online betting in the state. All the people related to betting have been arrested or underground. A look out circular has been issued regarding Saurabh Chandrakar, the main accused of the online betting app. Strict law in the state to curb gambling-speculation, Chhattisgarh Gambling Prohibition Act 2022 which is currently in force in the state and action has been taken under the same.
Maximum action was taken against bookies in Chhattisgarh
The Chief Minister said that such a big action has not been taken against bookies anywhere in the country, whereas their offices are in big cities. No action is being taken there and when we are taking action, they are telling us that we are involved in this matter. If we had joined, would we have been taking action for a year and a half?
The CM said that due to politics, action is being taken to defame the state government. Apart from this, they do not have any purpose, if so, then go to their head office and take action there. Here the Bharatiya Janata Party is not able to contest elections directly, so it wants to contest elections through ED and IT. When we have been taking action for one and a half years, they were silent but now elections are round the corner, then this is being done to obstruct the work and defame the government.
BJP likes violence
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that there is rule of law in Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh was burning continuously 5 years back. Now our government has pushed the Naxal problem a lot due to Naxalite problems, they are now left in a limited area. He said that BJP likes violence and hatred. For this reason, Naxalite activities increased continuously during his tenure. Now when the state is getting calm, then it is heating up the matter through ED and IT.The public has come to know that they should not be misled, they should not understand this.