The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids on the multiple locations of senior bureaucrats, traders and a political leader including IAS officers in Durg-Bhilai, Raipur, Korba and Bilaspur on Friday.
ED began its investigation in a money laundering case linked with the alleged extortion from coal and mining transporters in the state by a nexus of state government officers, businessmen, and private companies
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel hit out at the Centre over the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducting searches at several locations in the Congress-ruled state and said probe agencies should not be misused for political mileage.