Bengal SSC scam: ED raids minister Partha Chatterjee's residence; seizes Rs 20 crore from close associate
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Bengal SSC scam: ED raids minister Partha Chatterjee’s residence; seizes Rs 20 crore from close associate

Besides cash, a number of other incriminating documents, records, details of dubious companies, electronic devices, foreign currency and gold has also been recovered from the various premises of the persons linked to the scam.

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Jul 23, 2022, 10:56 am IST
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Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials raided the residences of Bengal ministers Partha Chatterjee and Paresh Adhikari and several others on Friday as part of the investigation into the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Primary Education Board recruitment scam.

“The persons being searched include Partha Chatterjee, the current Minister of Commerce and Industry, Parliamentary Affairs, Electronics and IT, Government of West Bengal and the Ex-Minister-in-charge of Education; Paresh C. Adhikary, Minister of State for Education in Government of West Bengal; Manik Bhattacharya, MLA, and Ex-President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education; Ms. Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of Partha Chatterjee; PK Bandopadhyay, OSD to the then MIC of Education, Sukanta Acharjee, PS to the then MIC of Education; Chandan Mondal alias 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; and Alok Kumar Sarkar, Deputy Director, School Education Department,” said the ED.

During the course of searches, the ED has recovered huge cash amounting to approximately Rs 20 crore from the residential premises of Arpita Mukherjee, who is a close associate of Partha Chatterjee.

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, said the probe agency.

Besides cash, a number of other incriminating documents, records, details of dubious companies, electronic devices, foreign currency and gold has also been recovered from the various premises of the persons linked to the scam.

It is noteworthy to note that the High Court of Calcutta in a slew of writ petitions had recently directed the CBI to carry out investigations into the recruitment scam of Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ staff, Assistant Teachers of classes IX-XII and primary teachers. In these cases, involving the illegal appointment of non-teaching staff (Group C & D), teaching staff [Assistant teachers (Class IX-XII) and teachers in Primary school, ED is investigating cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)].

Further investigation is under progress. (ANI)

 

Topics: Partha ChatterjeeBengal SSC scamRs 20 croreTMC leaderEDEnforcement DirectorateWest Bengal
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