Rs 20 crore in cash found at home of Trinamool minister Partha Chatterjee's aide
India Today
The ED recovered approximately Rs 20 crore cash from the residential premises of Arpita Mukherjee during the search operation in the SSC scam case.
The Enforcement Directorate recovered cash amounting to approximately Rs 20 crores from the residential premises of Arpita Mukherjee, who is close associate of TMC minister Partha Chatterjee. The cash was recovered as the agency carried out search operations at various premises linked to recruitment scam in the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Primary Education Board.
During the course of searches, the ED recovered approximately Rs 20 crore cash from the residential premises of Arpita Mukherjee. The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of said SSC Scam. The search team is taking the assistance of bank officials for the counting of cash through cash counting machines.
A total of more than 20 mobile phones have also been recovered from the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, the purpose and use of which is being ascertained by the officials.
The agency is also searching West Bengal minister and TMC leader Partha Chatterjee in connection with the case. ED officials have also launched a raid on MoS education Paresh Adhikari's residence in Cooch Behar district. Both ministers have been questioned by the CBI for hours in the SSC recruitment scam case.
Apart from them, the ED carried out searches on other persons including:
-Manik Bhattacharya, MLA, and Ex-President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education-PK Bandopadhyay, OSD to the then MIC of Education, Shri Sukanta Acharjee, PS to the then MIC of Education- Chandan Mondal @ Ranjan, agent in selling jobs of teachers- Kalyanmay Bhattacharya, son-in-law of Partha Bhattacharya-Krishna C. Adhikary, Relative of Kalyanmay Bhattacharya-Dr SP Sinha, Advisor of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission Convenor of the 5-member committee-Kalyanmoy Ganguly, Ex- President of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education-Saumitra Sarkar, Ex-President of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission-Alok Kumar Sarkar, Deputy Director, School Education Department.
