After 27 hours of interrogation, the Enforcement Directorate officials today arrested former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, in connection with the School Service Commission recruitment scam. He was taken to ESI Hospital at Joka for medical examination immediately. After the medical examination, he would be taken to the court. His close associate Arpita Mukherjee, from whose residence cash worth 21 crore two lakh rupees, gold worth 79 lakh rupees, and currency worth 54 lakh rupees were recovered, has been detained by ED officers at her house. Cash in a closed envelope of the School Service Commission was also found in Arpita’s flat. Eight more flats and documents of owning land have also surfaced during the raid.
Partha Chatterjee’s Personal Assistant Sukanta Acharya has also been detained.
BJP today came down heavily on TMC following the arrest of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the SSC recruitment scam. Briefing media in New Delhi, party leader Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, around 21 crore rupees of cash and gold have been recovered by ED from the house of a close aide of the Minister. He alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is responsible for corruption in the state.
BJP MP Dilip Ghosh also questioned the Chief Minister over the issue. He alleged that no recruitment in the state has been done in a fair manner so far under the TMC rule.
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