Bengal recruitment scam: ED finds Rs 5 cr more in Partha aide's accounts
India Today
A source claimed that the ED probe team could trace 3 more bank accounts of Arpita Mukherjee, the close aide of jailed Partha Chatterjee.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) special court in Kolkata extended the judicial custody of arrested Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee for 14 days. Now, they are required to be produced before the court on September 28. The former West Bengal education minister and his close aide have been under scrutiny and behind bars in connection with the teacher's recruitment scam.
During the investigation into the scam in West Bengal, the ED recovered more than Rs 5 crore from Arpita Mukherjee's bank account. An ED source claimed that the investigation team could trace three more bank accounts of Arpita Mukherjee. As per the source, Rs 2.32 crore was found in an account owned and operated by Arpita Mukherjee. Furthermore, Rs 3.22 crore has been found in another two bank accounts belonging to Arpita Mukherjee's firm Ichche Entertainment. Arpita Mukherjee and one of her relatives were the directors of Ichche entertainment.
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The ED is carrying out a detailed probe to locate the source of the huge amount in the accounts owned by Arpita. In the preliminary investigation, the ED suspected that the huge sum was linked to the alleged scam. Jailed Arpita will be probed by authorities pertaining to the amount.
