A youth from Durg district’s Patan area has alleged that he was threatened over the phone after putting a newspaper report related to an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation on his WhatsApp status. The complainant, identified as Parmeshwar Singour of Ruhi village, has alleged that the caller abused him and threatened to take him to the police station while beating him.
According to the complaint, the youth subsequently left his village after receiving information that the caller had arrived there and was looking for him. Patan police have registered a case under Section 351(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and are examining the allegations and the audio recording submitted by the complainant.
WhatsApp status led to phone call
The incident relates to September 3, when Singour reportedly posted a newspaper clipping concerning the ED investigation into alleged irregularities in the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) recruitment process on his WhatsApp status.
The report referred to an ED investigation in which the agency had alleged that more than ā¹3 crore was collected from job aspirants and that around ā¹2.80 crore was allegedly handed over to a person named Anil Chandrakar.
Singour told police that he had shared the report out of curiosity and had no personal connection with any of the people named in it.
Caller allegedly threatened to take him to police station
According to the complaint, Singour received a call around 1:40 pm on September 4 from a person who identified himself as Anil Chandrakar.
Singour has alleged that the caller abused him over the WhatsApp status and threatened to take him to the police station while beating him. He reportedly tried to explain that he had only shared a newspaper report and had not intended to insult or target anyone.
The complainant has said that the conversation was recorded using his friend Bhola Ram Singour’s mobile phone. He subsequently submitted the recording to police on a pen drive.
Youth left village after receiving another call
Singour has further alleged that around 3:10 pm the same day, he was informed by a villager, identified in the complaint as Hitendra Patel, that the man who had called him had arrived in the village and was looking for him.
The complainant has alleged that he was also warned that he could be killed. Fearing for his safety, he left the village and has said he remains concerned about returning home.
These are allegations made in the police complaint and have not been established independently.
Two people named Anil Chandrakar are involved
A key point in the case is that the Anil Chandrakar mentioned in the ED investigation and the Anil Chandrakar accused of making the alleged threat are different individuals, according to the report and the complaint.
The alleged threat was made by a grocery shop operator from Jamgaon M, while the person named in the ED investigation is connected to the agency's probe into alleged proceeds from the CGPSC recruitment case.
The distinction is significant because the WhatsApp status concerned the ED case, while the alleged phone threat relates to a separate individual who shares the same name.
What ED has alleged in CGPSC case
The broader issue stems from the ED's investigation into alleged irregularities, question-paper leaks and corruption in the 2020 and 2021 CGPSC State Service examinations.
According to the ED, question papers were allegedly provided through private intermediaries to relatives of accused persons and selected candidates in exchange for illegal payments. The agency has said the alleged arrangement was intended to facilitate fraudulent selection for senior government positions, including Deputy Collector and Deputy Superintendent of Police.
The ED has further alleged that Utkarsh Chandrakar and Dr Vikash Chandrakar collected more than ā¹3 crore in cash from job aspirants on the promise of providing leaked CGPSC-2021 question papers. The agency said approximately ā¹2.80 crore was allegedly handed over to Anil Chandrakar.
The ED arrested Utkarsh Chandrakar on September 1 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and said digital devices, financial records and property-related documents were seized during searches at five locations in Chhattisgarh.
Police investigation underway
Singour has told police that he has no connection with the CGPSC case and is neither a witness nor a participant in the investigation. He has submitted the newspaper clipping and the alleged phone-call recording as part of his complaint.
Patan police have registered the case under Section 351(4) of the BNS. The investigation is expected to establish the identity of the caller, examine the recorded conversation and verify the allegations made by the complainant.
At present, the alleged threats remain part of the complaint and police investigation; the accused person's version was not available in the material reviewed for this report.
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