Senior Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said the Enforcement Directorate had found cash worth ₹ 32-33 lakh during its raid in his house, but added that it was not a big thing.
"It is not a big thing as I have a big family and we do farming on 140 acres and have other sources of income. We will provide its details," he said.
The Congress leader said he lives with his wife, three daughters, a son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
He alleged that the ED raid at his house in Bhilai town of Durg district was the outcome of the BJP's frustration and aimed at discouraging him after he was made Congress's in-charge for Punjab.
The ED hasn't found anything except some documents related to cases concerning some BJP leaders, he claimed.
According to official sources, the central agency raided the premises of Bhagel as part of a money laundering probe against his son Chaitanya Baghel in the alleged liquor scam case.
The agency also raided the premises of some of the close associates of Chaitanya.
The former chief minister, however, alleged political vendetta behind the ED action. "It shows asking questions in the state assembly has become a crime. Earlier, (former minister and party leader) Kawasi Lakhma had asked a question in the state assembly, and within 8 days of it ED took action against him and put him in jail," he said.
Baghel also claimed the BJP is frustrated since he had been discharged of all charges by a Raipur court in connection with a seven-year-old (sex) CD case.
