Want to live in peace: Partha Chatterjee, aide Arpita break down in court
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Former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee are currently in judicial custody after being arrested in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam.
Former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee broke down during their virtual court hearing today. The two are currently in judicial custody after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam.
“I am so worried about my image in public. I was a student of Economics. I was the Leader of the Opposition before becoming a minister,” Chatterjee told the Judge.
“I am a victim of politics. Please ask the ED to visit my house and my assembly constituency once. I am an LLB and was granted a British scholarship. My daughter lives in the UK. How can I involve myself in such a scam? I should be given medical treatment before justice,” he appealed.
Partha Chatterjee has moved court for bail. “My client is cooperating with the investigating agency. He is ready to co-operate in the future too. Kindly grant him bail in any condition,” his lawyer appealed before the court.
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“I want to live peacefully. Kindly allow me to live my life. Give me bail in any condition,” Chatterjee said in court.
Soon after Chatterjee, his associate Arpita was produced before the judge. “I have no idea how this happened to me. I really don't know how and from where the Enforcement Directorate recovered these huge amounts of money from my home,” Mukherjee told the court.
