Former CM Baghel writes to CJI alleging conspiracy to falsely implicate him, prays for independent probe

An excerpt from the missive reads, “On September 8, Director ACB/EOW IPS Amresh Kumar Mishra reached the jailhouse and met Tiwari. Mishra asked Tiwari to judge my (Baghel) engagement successful the alleged transgression of ember proscription and grounds a connection by calling maine the beneficiary. As Shri Tiwari has written successful his application, during this clip Mishra besides misbehaved and threatened him with dire consequences if my sanction was not taken. According to Shri Tiwari, the IPS serviceman said that if helium does not bash so, helium (Shri Tiwari) volition beryllium made an accused successful different cases arsenic good and each his household members volition beryllium enactment down the bars of the jail,”

Baghel alleged Mishra did not instrumentality immoderate support for specified a gathering and astatine the clip erstwhile Mishra misbehaved and threatened Tiwari, nary jailhouse authoritative was contiguous there. When contacted, IG Mishra told The Indian Express, “These are baseless allegations. As a liable bureau we are alert of the limitations of the instrumentality and nary instrumentality oregon rules person been breached by me.”

Baghel went connected to notation however his sanction was dragged into the Mahadev amerciable gambling app lawsuit wherever respective 1000 crores person been made by its operators. Stating that respective cases were made and slope accounts seized during his word arsenic CM, Baghel said, “My ain authorities issued a look-out announcement against the operators of Mahadev App and appealed to the Central Government that since these criminals person fled abroad, the Central Government should instrumentality enactment to apprehension them and bring them to India. But the Central Government gave it a governmental colour by not taking immoderate action.”

Baghel said alternatively ED raided residences of radical adjacent to him including his governmental advisors but they were not made accused alleging, “The intent of ED was to springiness the connection successful the authorities earlier the elections that ED enactment has been taken successful the lawsuit of online betting astatine the houses of radical adjacent to Bhupesh Baghel. That intent has been accomplished.”

Baghel alleged 1 policeman accused successful the app lawsuit was tortured to springiness statements by the cardinal bureau who aboriginal retracted his connection earlier court. Similarly, the missive talks astir different accused Asim Das who was arrested 5 days earlier assembly predetermination and said Rs 5.39 crore seized from him were meant to beryllium fixed for ‘Baghel’ but aboriginal retracted the statement. “This incidental tin besides beryllium linked to the incidental that happened with Tiwari successful Jail connected September 8,” said Baghel.

Talking astir a 3rd specified incident, an excerpt from Baghel’s missive states, “Two days earlier the assembly elections, a property league was held by Bharatiya Janata Party wherever a video was released successful which a idiosyncratic named Shubham Soni claimed that helium is the existent proprietor of the Mahadev app and that helium has sent maine Rs 508 crore. This video gave an contented to the BJP conscionable earlier the elections. However, nary probe was done successful this substance nor did ED person immoderate evidence. How did this video, allegedly recorded successful Dubai, scope the radical of the BJP? Who made this video disposable to them? It seems that the BJP is doing the enactment of the ED,”

Baghel adds, “According to a papers presented successful the tribunal later, Mr. Shubham Soni besides went to the Indian Embassy successful Dubai and filed an affidavit and recorded the video connection arsenic a statement. This enigma is inactive not solved. If the alleged existent proprietor of the Mahadev app went to the Indian Embassy, wherefore was helium not arrested? Why was helium fto spell aft taking his affidavit?”

Requesting for involution of the apex tribunal to place those acting with malacious intent against him, Baghel wrote, “I humbly petition you that if this benignant of misuse of investigative agencies successful governmental vendetta is not stopped, past nary 1 volition beryllium harmless successful Chhattisgarh. You are humbly requested to intervene to support the supremacy of the Constitution successful the discourse of the functioning of cardinal and authorities agencies successful the authorities of Chhattisgarh. Given the way grounds of governmental malice of these agencies, a detailed, impartial and high-level probe and probe is urgently required. For this, we tin present lone spot the judiciary. I petition that a high-level judicial enquiry beryllium conducted into the relation and functioning of the cardinal agencies and authorities agencies. And this enquiry should either beryllium monitored by a precocious tribunal oregon you should contented an bid for its monitoring connected behalf of the Supreme Court. The probe volition besides guarantee that those who are acting with malicious intent are identified. Along with this, the information of beingness and liberty of me, my family, and my supporters volition besides beryllium ensured.”

When contacted, ED counsel, PHD Dr. Saurabh Kumar Pandey, told The Indian Express, “The prosecution ailment submitted earlier the peculiar tribunal is based connected each the grounds which were gathered by ED successful their owed people of investigation.” No effect was received by ED till the clip of going to press. When contacted BJP spokesperson, Kedar Gupta, “There is nary conspiracy. Those innocents indispensable not fearfulness the people of law. Allegations person been levelled based connected grounds and those blameworthy shall beryllium punished.”