<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In Chhattisgarh, former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's name figured in the second prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the special PMLA court in connection with the Mahadev book app betting scandal.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">According to the ED charge sheet, Mahadev App promoter Subham Soni, one of the accused in the Mahadev app scam case, made a startling revelation about payment of around 508 crore rupees by the promoters of the betting platform.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The charge-sheet mentions the name of former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel at least four to five times on the basis of the statements made by the accused during the investigation. The supplementary charge sheet was filed before the special court for PMLA cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Raipur on January 1st this year.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">According to the ED, Asim Das, in his statement, disclosed that Subham Soni, a prominent figure in Mahadev Online Book, instructed him to deliver a substantial amount of cash to a person named Bhupesh Baghel.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The supplementary charge sheet reveals that on November 2, 2023, the ED intercepted Asim Das and seized cash amounting to 5 crore 39 lakh rupees from his premises.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Bhupesh Baghel reacted strongly to the Enforcement Directorate mentioning his name in its second prosecution complaint. He alleged that the way the entire case of the Mahadev App has been given a political colour indicates that the intention now is to save the real criminals and benefit the BJP by engaging in political propaganda.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>