ED teams revisit Partha Chatterjee’s Kolkata home and linked locations, signalling renewed momentum in the recruitment scam probe as the investigation expands to multiple accused.
The raid was carried out on Saturday. The city police said that the businessman, Sailesh Pande's two bank deposits of Rs 20 crore have been frozen.
The Supreme Court will deliver an order on October 17 on the plea of the former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Trinamool Congress leader Manik Bhattacharya challenging the Calcutta High Court's order in connection with the alleged irregularities in primary teachers' appointments.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and former president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the teacher's recruitment scam has been remanded to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till October 25.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its first charge sheet in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) scam, has pinpointed former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee as the principal mastermind behind the conspiracy.
Partha Chatterjee has claimed that many other top leaders dropped by at properties purchased in Arpita Mukherjee's name.
Mitra, an actress with declared Leftist leanings and a habitual Trinamool Congress basher, had earlier ridiculed the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Immediately after the first round of recovery, Chatterjee and Mukherjee were arrested by the probe agency.
The ED sleuths do not rule out the existence of cash, gold or other crucial documents in the missing four vehicles.
It is learnt that whenever Chatterjee visited Mukherjee's residences, the Minister had closed-door meetings with the unknown person which she was not allowed to participate in.
