CBI Re-registers Case against Ex-Advocate General, Two Ex- Bureaucrats for Alleged Role in Chattisgarh NAN Scam Probe

The Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) has taken over the investigation case that was initially registered at Raipur State Economic Offences Investigation Bureau Police Station, Chhattisgarh. The case has been re-registered against 3 public servants for their suspected involvement in conspiring to derail the Chattisgarh NAN scam.

The case involves high-profile accused, including Retired IAS officers who then were the Joint Secretary and Principal Secretary and the then Advocate General of the Government of Chhattisgarh. The retired IAS officers were the NAN chairperson and Managing Director.

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Following the re-registration of the case, the CBI conducted search operations at two locations in Raipur linked to the then public servants. These raids led to the recovery of several incriminating documents, which is important to the investigation.

The accused are alleged to have misused their official positions to unduly influence the ongoing proceedings in the NAN case, which was initially registered by the Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau (EOW/ACB), Raipur.

The Enforcement Directorate had also initiated a case based on the same NAN investigation. As per digital evidence seized by the Income Tax Department, it is alleged that the then public servants made repeated efforts to obstruct the legal proceedings in these cases.

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Further, the accused then public servants allegedly provided inappropriate benefits to accused then Advocate General, Chhattisgarh to motivate him to perform public duty in an improper manner and secure anticipatory bail for themselves in the aforesaid cases under investigation by ED and EOW/ACB.

The investigative agency charged that to gain anticipatory bail, the accused tampered with official documents pertaining to procedural and departmental issues relating to senior officers in the State Economic Offences Investigation Bureau. They are also believed to have altered the official response that was to be filed before the Hon'ble High Court in the NAN case. The probe is ongoing.

CHHATTISGARH NAN SCAM

The Chhattisgarh NAN scam is a corruption scam that was alleged to exist in the Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN), which is the state's nodal agency for procurement and distribution of food grains under the Public Distribution System (PDS).

The scam came to light during February 2015 when the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided 25 NAN offices, recovering ₹3.64 crore in unaccounted cash. Rice and salt samples picked up during the raids were found to be substandard and unsuitable for human consumption

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a case in 2019 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), on the basis of a 2015 FIR filed by Chhattisgarh's Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

In February 2025, the Supreme Court allowed anticipatory bail to the Former Advocate General. The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed Adv. General to assist in the investigation. The accusations against him in the FIR are that he helped NAN scam accused retired IAS officers in procuring bail in the case.

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