West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee were arrested today by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the state’s alleged teacher recruitment scam. The arrest comes just a day after Rs 20 crore was recovered from Arpita’s home. While the CBI is looking into the alleged irregularities committed in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment, the ED is tracking the money trail in the scam. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE Updates:
ED detains Arpita Mukherjee day after recovering Rs 20 crore
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained Arpita Mukherjee on Sunday, one day after recovering Rs 20 crore cash from her residence.
Watch | ED arrests Partha Chatterjee over teacher recruitment scam
West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday after being questioned for around 26 hours in connection with alleged recruitment scam in state-run schools.
ED raids Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in SSC scam case
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted raids at the home of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, a day after Rs 20 crore in cash was recovered from his aide’s house.
Chatterjee, a senior leader in the ruling Trinamool Congress, came out of the house within minutes after a lawyer arrived at the scene.
ED officials had arrived at Chatterjee’s home on Friday morning and questioned him in connection with its probe into the SSC scam.
The Calcutta High Court had earlier observed that a high-powered supervisory committee, approved by Partha Chatterjee, was the “root” of the alleged scam. The bench had ordered a CBI investigation into the recruitment process of teachers in state-aided schools after committee members overseeing the process from January 2019 made contradictory submissions before the court.
The ED is investigating alleged money laundering in the recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff for state-aided schools
