The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Chhattisgarh state civil services official, Chetan Borghariya, on September 11 in connection with a money laundering probe into the alleged irregularities in the 2020 and 2021 Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) examination, a statement issued by the agency said on Monday.
Borghariya, an additional collector in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, was a former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Chief Minister’s Office during the previous Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government. ED added that it also found direct transactions between him and key suspect Utkarsh Chandrakar. The agency said he was produced before a special court in Raipur after his arrest on September 11 and remanded to ED custody for six days.
“Financial investigation revealed cash deposits aggregating to ₹ 66.74 lakh through 170 transactions in the bank account of Chetan Borghariya during the relevant period,” the agency said in its statement.
CBI Charges Former CGPSC Chairman in Money Laundering Case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Taman Singh Sonwani, the former chairman of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC), along with others in a money laundering case. This investigation originated from a complaint filed by the state’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW), which alleged corruption and manipulation of exam results. The CBI subsequently took over the case from the EOW, leading to the current charge sheet against Sonwani and his associates.
