A special CBI court has acquitted former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in the sex CD case. He also said that there is no concrete evidence against him and there is no basis to prosecute him. Keeping this in mind, they are acquitted. His lawyer Manish Dutt told the court that his party Bhupesh Baghel neither made a CD nor distributed to anyone. There is no criminal case against them. There is no concrete evidence against them. Keeping all the above things in mind, the judge was requested to be acquitted.
After the decision in the evening, Bhupesh Baghel posted on his ex handle and wrote that Satyamev Jayate. Earlier on Tuesday, the former CM made his presence felt in the special court. During this, his advocate told the court that the CD went viral on social media in August. After this, on 26 October, Vinod Verma’s house was raided. In this case, the statement that has been revealed so far has revealed that everyone had already got information about this CD.
At the same time, Akash Bajaj had told in the FIR that he had received a call. In addition, the statement said that someone had left the CD in the packet. His party had no role in this entire episode. His client has been implicated without any evidence. At the same time, the CBI, while presenting its arguments in the court, said that they have digital evidence. After hearing the arguments of both sides, the special judge ruled to acquit Bhupesh Baghel from the CD scandal.
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The next hearing of the sex CD case will be held on 4 April. Other accused in this case Vinod Verma, Kailash Murarka, Vijay Bhatia and Vijay Padya have been asked to appear in the court. Let us tell you that Rinku Khanuja, another accused in this case, was also accused. But he has died.
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An alleged sex CD was revealed in the state in October 2017. It is being told that this belongs to former minister Rajesh Munat. After it went viral, a case was registered at the Civil Line police station in Raipur. After registering the FIR, the police arrested Vinod Verma from Ghaziabad, UP. On 24 September 2018, the then state president of the Congress Bhupesh Baghel was arrested and sent to jail on 14 days judicial remand.
Bhupesh Baghel refused to take bail after the CBI was accused in the charge sheet. But after AICC instructions, he agreed to take bail. He was released from jail three days later on filing a bail plea. The CBI had filed an application in the Supreme Court requesting to hear the case from the state. However, the hearing started once again after 7 years after the application was rejected by the Supreme Court.
