Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the residence of a minister’s close aide in West Bengal. About 20 crores were recovered. The ED was located near the residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of Trinamool Congress minister Partha Chatterjee. Searched.
ED was involved in a recruitment scam involving the West Bengal School Service Commission and the West Bengal Primary Education Board. Raid. It is believed that the money recovered in the raid may be related to the scam. To ascertain the amount of money, E.D. Officials have sought help from bank staff. Pictures of the piles of five hundred and two thousand have come out. It is reported that around 20 mobile phones have been seized from the spot.
Apart from Partha Chatterjee, another minister, Paresh Adhikari, was also contacted by ED. A raid is underway. SSC CBI has arrested these two ministers in the recruitment scam case. He was interrogated for hours. The Calcutta High Court had directed the CBI to investigate irregularities in the recruitment of Group C&D staff, assistant teachers of classes 9-12 and primary teachers. This was following several writ petitions came up before the court on the matter. The ED said that there was money laundering in these cases related to irregularities in the appointments of teachers and non-teachers. Looking for
