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Bengal teachers hiring scam: ED attaches over Rs 46 cr assets of ex-min Partha Chatterjee, aide

The former minister in the TMC-led government in West Bengal and his "close associate" were arrested by the ED in July.

Edited By: Paras Bisht @ParasBisht15 Kolkata Updated on: September 19, 2022 15:23 IST
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Image Source : PTI (FILE PHOTO) Congress activists take part in a protest rally against West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee and SSC scam case, in Kolkata.

Highlights

  • Former minister and his "close associate" were arrested by ED in July
  • Several of the attached properties were registered in the name of shell companies
  • Properties were found to be beneficially owned by Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has attached assets worth Rs 46.22 crore "beneficially owned" by former minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged associate Arpita Mukherjee as part of a money laundering probe in the West Bengal teachers' recruitment 'scam'. 

The attached properties include 40 immovable assets such as a farmhouse, flats and "prime land" located in Kolkata worth a total Rs 40.33 crore, apart from Rs 7.89 crore worth deposits kept in 35 bank accounts, the federal agency said in a statement. "The attached properties are found to be beneficially owned by Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee," it said.

According to the agency, several of the attached properties were registered in the name of shell companies and persons acting as proxies for Chatterjee. The former minister in the TMC-led government in West Bengal and his "close associate" were arrested by the ED in July.

The agency had seized Rs 49. 80 crore cash, gold and other jewellery worth more than Rs 55 crore after it conducted raids in this case in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal.

 

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