West Bengal Education Board Scam: Arpita Mukherjee ordered one day ED custody

Kolkata, Jul 25: Bankshall Court in Kolkata on Sunday sent West Bengal cabinet minister and former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee's close aide Arpita Mukherjee to one-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged teachers recruitment scam.

 

 

 

 

Arpita Mukherjee will be produced before a special court on Monday (Jul 25). Earlier on Saturday (Jul 23), ED arrested Mukherjee after the probe agency recovered huge cash amounting to approximately Rs 20 crore from the aide Arpita Mukherjee's residence on Friday (Jul 22). A total of more than 20 mobile phones have also been recovered from the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, the purpose and use of which are 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 have also been recovered from the various premises of the persons linked to the scam.

 

 

ED had also arrested Partha Chatterjee following the raids by the probe agency which seized Rs 20 crore in cash from her residential premises in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam in the state. After his arrest, the Bankshall Court in Kolkata granted ED two days of custody of Chatterjee on Saturday. However, Chatterjee developed pain in his heart and was later admitted to SSKM hospital.