Saumya Chaurasia, a former deputy chief secretary in the previous Congress-run government in Chhattisgarh, was on Tuesday chargesheeted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)/Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in a disproportionate assets case for allegedly amassing Rs 46.96 crore. The amount is 1872% higher than her known sources of income and is the highest value of disproportionate assets amassed by a government servant in the history of the agency in the state, said an official.

In December 2022, Chaurasia, a state administrative officer who worked as deputy chief secretary to former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in a Rs 540-crore coal levy case. She was granted bail by the

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