Bhupesh Baghel Among Alleged Beneficiaries Of Mahadev Betting Scam: Report

The development came a week after the agency raided 60 locations in four states, including the residences of Baghel as well as the premises of some bureaucrats and senior police officers, as part of its probe in the corruption case.

“The promoters of Mahadev Book App paid huge amounts of protection money to various police officers, administrative officers and influential political persons to stop police from taking any action on their illegal activities. This money used to reach the police and administrative officers through hawala operators, and then further to other senior police officers and influential political persons. This way, several police and administrative officers misused their official position to benefit themselves in the form of protection money and create illegal assets,” the FIR said..

To be sure, the agency had filed the FIR in the matter on December 18, 2024 and HT was the first to report on January 21 this year that CBI named Baghel as an accused after taking over the case from Chhattisgarh police.