Arrest of former Chhattisgarh CM Baghel’s son Chaitanya is tactics to crush people’s voice, says Priyanka Gandhi

Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday (July 19, 2025) claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s son as he was about to lift within the Meeting the problem of forests within the State being allegedly “handed over” to the Adani Group, and accused the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) of attempting to “crush the voice of the individuals.”

“The ED on Friday (July 18, 2025) arrested Chaitanya Baghel, son of the senior Congress chief, in an alleged liquor scam-linked money-laundering case,” official sources mentioned. Mr. Chaitanya was later despatched to a five-day ED remand by a court docket.

“The BJP authorities has handed over all of the forests of Chhattisgarh to Adani ji. The forests are being destroyed in defiance of the PESA Act and NGT directives. Former Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel ji was about to lift this subject within the Meeting. To cease him, ED raided his home early within the morning and arrested his son,” Priyanka Gandhi mentioned in a put up in Hindi.

Within the final 11 years, the nation has understood that these are methods to “crush the voice of the individuals and suppress the Opposition,” she mentioned. “However it’s not possible to suppress the reality and scare the Opposition with such ways. Each Congress employee stands firmly with Baghel ji,” Priyanka Gandhi mentioned.

Mr. Chaitanya was taken into custody by the ED below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) following recent early morning raids on Friday (July 18, 2025) performed at his residence in Bhilai city of Durg district. The daddy-son duo reside on the similar home.

Bhupesh Baghel alleged that the Central companies had been being misused to focus on Opposition leaders, however asserted that he trusted the judiciary and would cooperate with them. Congress MLAs boycotted the proceedings of the State Meeting for the day as a mark of protest in opposition to the arrest and accused the company of attempting to harass the Opposition.

ED sources mentioned Mr. Chaitanya was arrested below Part 19 of the anti-money laundering legislation as he was allegedly not cooperating in the course of the searches that took place following receipt of recent proof within the case. In keeping with the ED, “The alleged liquor rip-off within the State was orchestrated between 2019 and 2022 when Chhattisgarh was ruled by the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress authorities.”

Property price about ₹205 crore of varied accused have been hooked up by the ED as a part of this investigation to this point, based on the company.