The ED arrested former Chhattisgarh CMO OSD Chetan Borghariya under the PMLA in an alleged money laundering case linked to irregularities in CGPSC State Service Examinations of 2020 and 2021. The agency alleged financial transactions involving proceeds of crime and claimed evidence from digital records and banking data. A Raipur court sent him to six days of ED custody.

Raipur, Sep 14: The Directorate of Enforcement's (ED) Raipur Zonal Office has arrested Chetan Borghariya, former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Chhattisgarh's Chief Minister's Office and currently Additional Collector of Balrampur-Ramanujganj, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), an agency statement said on Monday.

The arrest, effected on September 11, relates to alleged money laundering linked to irregularities and manipulation in the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) State Service Examinations of 2020 and 2021.

The ED probe stems from an FIR registered by the Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau (EOW/ACB), Raipur, concerning large-scale corruption in the examinations.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) later took over the predicate offence investigation, registering an FIR against then CGPSC Chairman Taman Singh Sonwani and others, and filing charge sheets, the ED said in a press release.