Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghelโs deputy secretary Saumya Chaurasia has been in the news because she was recently arrested by ED, know the batch and party name of the IAS
In a money laundering case involving the suspected extortion of an illegal charge from coal and mining transporters, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday detained and took custody of Saumya Chaurasia, the deputy secretary of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
In accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Raipur special court session judge Ajay Singh Rajput authorized the ED to take custody of the defendant for four days.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel Deputy Secretary Saumya Chaurasia IAS, Her Age, Family, Batch, Rank, Party Name
Saumya Chaurasia Deputy Secretary & Top Aid of Chattisgarh CM Bupesh Bagel got arrested by ED in illegal 150 crores mining & coal scam
Now Why Congress Party is silent on this Corruption and Arrest by ED
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Saumya Chaurasia and her 150 crores scam pic.twitter.com/G5O9Y1CxSa
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When requesting her custody, ED informed the court that Chaurasia, coal mafia lord Suryakant Tiwari, and other top government officials had used the money obtained via unlawful extortion to pay for “election-related expenditure by MLAs” and to buy “Benami assets.”
Following the arrest, CM Baghel said on Twitter that the detention was a political act that they would fiercely fight. This move against a second administrative officer comes a day after Pooja Singhal, an IAS officer in Ranchi, had her immovable properties worth Rs 82.77 crore temporarily confiscated by the ED in Jharkhand.
Since then, Saumya Chaurasia has become a hot topic of discussion all over the country with many people trying to find out more about her:
Who Is Saumya Chaurasia?
Saumya Chaurasia is a well-known and influential civil servant of Chhattisgarh. She has been in the news because she was recently arrested by ED in relation to a money laundering case.
She is a member of the Chhattisgarh Administrative Service (CAS). She joined the chief minister’s office when Baghel established the state’s government in 2018 with him being a part of the Congress party who Saumya is close to. She is a PCS officer of 2008 batch. Career and has been the Deputy Collector at many locations.
In a case involving illicit mining, central authorities were keeping an eye on the deputy secretary. One government official reported that the Income Tax Department’s sleuths conducted searches on the officer’s workplace and attached many properties connected to her before the ED raid.
But in this instance, ED first called the female cop for detention before placing her under arrest. In the previous two months, the Deputy Secretary was also questioned by central authorities multiple times, a government official who requested anonymity stated.