Never delivered cash to Bhupesh Baghel: Courier arrested in Mahadev app case says he was implicated

An alleged cash courier arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the Mahadev betting app case has submitted before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court that he had been framed and he never delivered cash to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, reported PTI.

The agency had arrested Aseem Das and a constable named Bhim Singh Yadav on November 3, four days before the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. The authorities had seized Rs 5.39 crores in cash from Das’s car.

Following this, the Enforcement Directorate alleged that Baghel was paid Rs 508 crore by the cash courier sent from the United Arab Emirates by the promoters of the Mahadev app, Ravi Uppal and Sourabh Chandrakar.

According to the agency, Das said in his statement that he came to Chhattisgarh capital of Raipur to deliver the money to “political executives” of the “Indian Congress party” on the instructions of Shubham Soni, one of the key accused in the Mahadev app case, reported The Indian Express.

However, while in judicial custody, Das wrote a letter to the director of the Enforcement Directorate and sent copies to several authorities, including the prime minister’s office and the court, on November 17.

Das wrote that he was being implicated in the case and the central agency forced him to...

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