Bengal Minister Arrested Day After ₹ 20 Crore Cash Found At Aide’s Home
The Enforcement Directorate detained West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee today in connection with a money laundering investigation involving the state’s alleged teacher recruitment fraud. Following the recovery of 20 crore from a close aide of the minister, the arrest occurs shortly after.
After the money was found, the Trinamool leader was questioned all through the night. According to official sources, Mr. Chatterjee refused to cooperate with the detectives throughout the interrogation, which led to his imprisonment.
“After an overnight interrogation, Partha Chatterjee was taken into custody. When Mr. Chatterjee complained of discomfort during questioning, two doctors that the investigators had brought in checked him. After the physicians gave the all clear, the questioning continued “according to NDTV’s official source.
The insider further stated that the investigation team would ask for his detention in court to obtain more information regarding the purported recruitment scam.
When the alleged scam was carried out, Mr. Chatterjee, the current minister of industry and commerce, held the education portfolio. On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate discovered 20 crore rupees in cash at the home of a Partha Chatterjee colleague.
The investigation agency stated in a statement that “the said amount is alleged to be profits of crime of the said SSC scam.” Arpita Mukherjee’s property saw the recovery of more than 20 cell phones.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is also looking into the alleged scam in addition to the Enforcement Directorate, or ED. The CBI is looking into suspected anomalies in the hiring of Group-C and D staff and teachers in state-sponsored and -aided schools while the ED is looking into the money trail in the scheme. The central BJP government’s “plot” to “harass” its political rivals, according to the ruling Trinamool Congress, was dubbed as the raids. The BJP has asserted that the CBI and ED are “progressing on the right route” and that “more skeletons will fall out of the cupboard,” while denying having any involvement in the matter.
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