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| Left: Money seized. Right: Partha Chatterjee with his close aide Arpita Mukherjee |
On Saturday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) and West Bengal Primary Education Board recruitment scam, arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee from his residence and has been produced before the Bankshall Court in Kolkata.
The arrest comes following the central probe agency's raids at residences of Bengal ministers Partha Chatterjee, Paresh Adhikari and several others, where it seized Rs 20 crore in cash from the premises of Partha's close associate Arpita Mukherjee on Friday.
Arpita Mukherjee has been detained by the ED and is likely to be arrested soon.
ED is carrying out search operations at various premises linked to recruitment scam in the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Primary Education Board. pic.twitter.com/i4dP2SAeGG
— ED (@dir_ed) July 22, 2022
A total of more than 20 mobile phones have also been recovered from the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, the purpose and use of which is being ascertained, said the probe agency.
Besides cash, a number of other incriminating documents, records, details of dubious companies, electronic devices, foreign currency and gold has also been recovered from the various premises of the persons linked to the scam.
It is noteworthy to note that the High Court of Calcutta in a slew of writ petitions had recently directed the CBI to carry out investigations into the recruitment scam of Group 'C' & 'D' staff, Assistant Teachers of classes IX-XII and primary teachers. In these cases, involving the illegal appointment of non-teaching staff (Group C & D), teaching staff [Assistant teachers (Class IX-XII) and teachers in Primary school, ED is investigating cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)].
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