Raipur

Anonymous caller demands Rs 50 Lakh for poll ticket on Baghel’s name

Staff Reporter

A case has been registered against anonymous caller for demanding a sum of Rs  50 Lakh on Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Bhupesh Baghel’s name for allotment of poll ticket. Case has been registered by Pandri Police Station on complaint of CGPCC General Secretary Girish Dewangan.

According to information from Station House In charge Pandri Police Station, Sonal Gwala, Dewangan on behalf of his party lodged a complaint that an unknown caller had called ticket aspirant from Beltara assembly segment, Rohit Kaushik and demanded a sum of Rs  50 Lakh for finalizing the poll ticket for him from the constituency. 

According to Dewangan the anonymous caller had mobile numbers similar to that of Baghel. He had made the call from two different mobile numbers. The names as per true caller in the mobile surfaced to be Abhinav and Rajesh Chauhan from Madhya Pradesh, he said.

Dewangan further informed that the matter came to fore when Rohit briefed the state office regarding the matter. The Congress leader further demanded stern action against the guilty into the matter.