Partha Chatterjee’s aide Arpita, who had Rs 20 crore in cash at home, arrested

Arpital Mukherjee, a close aide of TMC minister Partha Chatterjee, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday.

Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee’s close aide Arpita Mukherjee has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, a day after Rs 20 crore in cash was recovered from her Kolkata residence. Earlier this morning, TMC leader Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the financial probe agency in connection with the case. He was later produced before a court.

This morning, ED officials, armed with cash counting machines, reached Arpita Mukherjee’s Kolkata residence. In the afternoon, a truck arrived with boxes from the RBI to take away the massive pile of cash - all in 500 and 2,000 denominations. The mountain of cash recovered from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence is suspected to be the proceeds of crime of the SSC scam being probed by the ED.

The Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at several locations linked to the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Primary Education Board recruitment scams.