Page 6 - The Indian EYE 080522

NATION AUGUST 05, 2022 | The Indian Eye 6

Under fire, Mamata suspends WB minister as

ED arrests him and finds crores in jobs scam

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

OUR BUREAU been suspended till the investigation
is underway. “Partha Chatterjee has
Kolkata/New Delhi
been removed from TMC along with
he Enforcement Directorate the post of General Secretary, Na-
on Wednesday conducted fresh tional vice president and three other
Tsearches at the premises linked posts. He has been suspended till the
to West Bengal Minister Partha Chat- investigation is underway,” Banerjee
terjee’s aide Arpita Mukherjee in the said. Banerjee also referred to the
teacher recruitment scam. The En- decision to remove him from the cab-
forcement Directorate (ED) on Sat- inet.
urday arrested Partha Chatterjee in “The Chief Minister took the
connection with the West Bengal Pri- decision and the (Partha Chatterjee)
mary Education Board recruitment minister was removed. The probe into
scam. the matter is underway. If anyone
The arrests took place following commits something wrong then TMC
the raids by the central probe agency won’t spare him,” Banerjee said.
in which it seized over Rs 20 crore in He said there should be a time-
cash from the premises of his close bound investigation.
associate Arpita Mukherjee. She was Political observers said that Par-
also arrested. tha Chatterjee has been virtually left
Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the cold by the party to defend
officials had on Friday raided the himself in the face of apparently
residences of Partha Chatterjee and onerous allegations in the ED probe.
another Bengal Minister Paresh They said that the Trinamool Con-
Adhikari. A total of more than 20 mo- gress move is also aimed at cutting
bile phones have also been recovered any losses due to ED probe in the
from the premises of Arpita Mukher- teacher recruitment scam.
jee, the purpose and use of which is be- Partha Chatterjee after being discharged from AIIMS Bhubaneswar, arrives at the airport, in Partha Chatterjee was arrested by
ing ascertained, said the probe agency. the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in
Besides cash, a number of oth- Kolkata on Monday. Chatterjee was arrested by ED (ANI) connection with the School Service
er incriminating documents, re- Commission (SSC) scam in West
cords, details of dubious compa- Bengal on Saturday.
nies, electronic devices, foreign Abhishek Banerjee told the me-
currency and gold has also been dia here that Partha Chatterjee has
recovered from various premises been removed from TMC along with
of the persons linked to the scam. the post of general secretary, national
ED officials also conducted a vice president and three other posts.
raid at the residence of businessman “He has been suspended till the
Manoj Jain in Ballygunge. Jain is investigation is underway. He can
reportedly an aide of state minister come back if proven not guilty. CM
Partha Chatterjee. Enforcement Di- took the decision and the (Partha
rectorate (ED) officials had on Friday Chatterjee) minister was removed.
raided the residences of Partha Chat- The probe into the matter is under-
terjee and another Bengal Minister way. If anyone commits something
Paresh Adhikari. Cash of Rs 27.9 crores in cash, gold, and jewelry worth Rs 4.31 crores recovered from the wrong then TMC won’t spare him,”
The Enforcement Directorate on he said
Friday (July 23) recovered over Rs 21 residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee (ANI) Abhishek Banerjee said the in-
crore in cash from the house of an as- vestigating agency must complete the
sociate of West Bengal Minister Par- The Enforcement Directorate linked to Arpita Mukherjee. probe in a time-bound manner.
tha Chatterjee. The ED raided Arpita (ED) had on Thursday morning left On Thursday, West Bengal Chief “There will be zero tolerance for
Mukerjee’s house in connection with the Belgharia residence of Arpita Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thurs- corruption. Investigating agency must
an alleged teacher recruitment scam Mukherjee after filling ten trunks with day suspended Partha Chatterjee complete the probe within the time
in West Bengal. “The said amount is cash amounting to approximately Rs from the party and removed him from limit. Even in Sarada case nothing
suspected to be proceeds of crime of 27.90 crore that was found there. all the party posts. happened, it’s just lingering. There
the said SSC scam,” the probe agency ED sleuths on Wednesday be- Party leader Abhishek Banerjee should be a time-bound investiga-
had said in a statement. gan its fresh searches on the premises told the media that Chatterjee has tion,” he said.

www.TheIndianEYE.com