NEW DELHI, July 22: The Enforcement Directorate is claimed to have recovered ₹ 20 crore in cash from the house of an associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee on Friday. The ED raided Arpita Mukerjee’s house in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal.
“The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of the said SSC scam,” the probe agency said in a statement. The search teams are taking the assistance of bank officials for the counting of cash through counting machines.
More than 20 mobile phones have also been recovered from the premises of Arpita Mukherjee, the purpose and use of which are being ascertained. Apart from Chatterjee, the ED also conducted raids on Minister of State for Education Paresh C Adhikary, MLA Manik Bhattacharya and others.
Partha Chatterjee, who is presently the minister for industries and commerce, was the education minister when the alleged illegal appointments were made in government-run and aided schools by West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).
(Manas Dasgupta)
