Guwahati: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday in connection with a money laundering case.
The suspected teacher recruitment scandal in the state has been related to a money laundering case against West Bengal’s Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Enterprise, Chatterjee.
This comes after the minister’s close aide was held accountable for recovering Rs 20 crores on Friday.
Partha Chatterjee was taken into custody following an overnight interrogation, according to an ED official. He’s being brought to the ED office.
It may be noted that Chatterjee was in charge of the education ministry at the time the alleged fraud occurred.
The ED recovered Rs 20 crores during a raid on the home of a Bengal minister’s associate.
“The said money is suspected to be proceeds of crime of the said SSC scam,” the investigating agency stated in a statement.
They recovered over 20 mobile phones from the premises of Arpita Mukherjee.
The ED also conducted raids on several people, including MLA Manik Bhattacharya and Minister of State for Education Paresh C. Adhikary.