Rs 20 Crore Cash Seized After Raids On West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee's Aide

The search teams are taking the assistance of bank officials for the counting of cash through counting machines.

The Enforcement Directorate today recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from the house of an associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee. The ED raided Arpita Mukerjee's house in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal.

"The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of the said SSC scam," the probe agency said in a statement.

The search teams are taking the assistance of bank officials for the counting of cash through counting machines.  

More than 20 mobile phones have also been recovered from the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, the purpose and use of which are being ascertained.