Arrested Bengal Minister's Aide Sent To 1-Day Enforcement Directorate Custody
NDTV
Arpita Mukherjee was arrested on Saturday after being grilled for several hours at her residence in a posh apartment block in south Kolkata, where crores of rupees in cash and other valuables were allegedly recovered.
A Kolkata court on Sunday remanded Arpita Mukherjee, an alleged close associate of arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, to one-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody.
Ms Mukherjee was arrested by the ED on Saturday after being grilled for several hours at her residence in a posh apartment block in south Kolkata, where crores of rupees in cash and other valuables were allegedly recovered by sleuths of the central agency.
Metropolitan Magistrate Namrata Singh, in charge of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court, directed that Ms Mukherjee be produced before the designated ED court on Monday.
ED counsels, including Abhijit Bhadra, had prayed for 14 days' custody of Ms Mukherjee.
