ED: Probe suggests Mahadev App promoters gave Rs 508 cr to Baghel

The Enforcement Directorate Friday claimed that a forensic analysis and a statement made by a ‘cash courier’ have led to “startling allegations” that Mahadev betting app promoters have paid about Rs 508 crore to Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel so far, and that “these are subject matter of investigation”.

The alleged agent, Asim Das, has been arrested by the agency in Raipur after it recovered Rs 5.39 crore cash from. He was allegedly sent by the app promoters from the UAE “especially, to deliver large amount of cash for electioneering expenses of the ruling Congress Party”.