Enforcement Directorate files 99-page prosecution complaint against former CGPSC chief and six others

On Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint spanning 99 pages, supported by about 3,700 pages of documents, in the Special PMLA Court at Raipur. The complaint implicates former Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission chairman Taman Singh Sonwani along with businessman Shravan Goyal, ex-CGPSC Deputy Controller Lalit Ganvir, and four others—Utkarsh Chandrakar, Vikas Chandrakar, Anil Chandrakar and state services officer Chetan Borghariya.

Authorities allege that Goyal paid a bribe to the NGO Gramin Vikas Samiti, which is linked to Sonwani, to secure exam seats for his son and daughter-in-law, and that Ganvir helped amend 2021 recruitment rules to remove “nephew” from the definition of family, easing the placement of Sonwani’s relatives. The agency also claims the Chandrakars facilitated the preparation and distribution of preliminary and mains examination papers in exchange for money.

The alleged misconduct concerns CGPSC recruitment exams for positions such as deputy collector and deputy superintendent of police in 2020-21. Sonwani was arrested by the ED in July, following earlier FIRs by the Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing, a CBI complaint in July 2024, and multiple chargesheets in 2025. The investigation intensified after the BJP’s victory in the state elections of November 2023.