The ED on March 29 had carried out searches against Congress leader and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, his brother Anwar Dhebar, liquor businessman Baldev Singh Bhatia alias Pappu Bhatia and others.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that since the BJP could not even make any attempt to topple his government, efforts were now on to destabilise it through the misuse of the Enforcement Directorate.
Visuals on Wednesday morning showed paramilitary personnel in the residence of IAS officer Anil Kumar Tuteja, Raipur Mayor and Congress leader Aijaz Dhebar and liquor businessman Baldev Singh Bhatia alias Pappu Bhatia
Sources said the Enforcement Directorate has also conducted searches at the residences of a senior government official and a businessman whose names cropped up during investigation.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday reportedly carried out search operations at separate locations in Raipur in mining and alleged coal levy scam.