Trouble for Mamata Banerjee? Arrested minister Partha Chatterjee to be taken directly to court
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials arrested state minister and the Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee on Saturday morning after over 24 hours of marathon grilling. The ED was probing the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam.
Early this morning, the ED sleuths in Kolkata communicated to their higher officials in New Delhi about the non-cooperation from Chatterjee, currently the West Bengal commerce & industries minister. The ED officials in Kolkata also stressed interrogating him after taking him into custody.
After a green signal from ED headquarters, Chatterjee was arrested and taken by the central agency officials to its office at the CGO complex at Salt Lake in the northern outskirts of Kolkata.
The Trinamool Congress leadership, till the report was filed, was totally tight-lipped about the arrest of Chatterjee.
A decision to this effect was taken after Chatterjee went into a total non-cooperation mode following the recovery of Rs.20 crore in cash and 20 mobile phones from his close aide Arpita Mukherjee‘s residence on Friday.
Since then, Chatterjee started ducking questions, especially those related to his close links with Arpita Mukherjee. Finally at around 10.15 a.m, after he was grilled for over 24 hours at his residence at Naktala in South Kolkata, he was arrested. Arpita Mukherjee has also been detained for questioning. Like Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee also has started ducking questions on the recovery of cash from her residence, sources said.
Chatterjee’s counsel, Anindya Raut confirmed the arrest of his client. “However, the ED officials are yet to communicate to me about the grounds on which Partha Chatterjee has been arrested. They have asked me to reach the ED office at Salt Lake, where they will hand over the detailed arrest-related papers,” Raut said.
ED sources said that after being taken to the CGO complex, Chatterjee will face another round of grilling by the ED officials, where he will be given the last chance to divulge whatever he knows about the scam or about the huge cash recovery from the residence of Arpita Mukherjee. After that, he will be presented in court.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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TMC crooks got exposed. West Bengal now knows how these TMC leaders were making money by giving govt jobs to unqualified,people. This is the way they have cheated bengalis by offering jobs to illegal bangladeshis and others. can the BJP take this opportunity and break up TMC as pro Bharath and anti Bharath. Let us bring down this begum mamata’s anti national govt.
TMC is victim of BJP !!
BJP is acting on vendetta
Categorically deny corruption
TMC distances itself from scam
TMC supports its leaders
BJP is using enforcement agencies against opposition
The Rs. 20 crores is fake money used to play children’s Trade / Monopoly game
The Rs. 77 lakhs jewelry is Agra jewelry (rolled gold / artificially coated gold)
Media is spreading lies !!
TMC is only party telling & working for truth
The comment above is written by a student of Bengal schools. Bribes made that.
TMC downfall has started. Hope BJP makes Mumtaz Didi the Vice President of India