Last Update: Aug 02, 2022, 13:43 IST
TMC leader and Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee with his colleague Arpita Mukherjee. (File photo Twitter/@AninBanerjee)
Suspended TMC leader Partha Chatterjee and close aide Arpita Mukherjee have both said that the money recovered does not belong to them.
Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of suspended TMC leader Partha Chatterjee, who has also been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into the school recruitment scam, said on Tuesday that crores of rupees recovered by the agency had slipped into their residences without their knowledge. . , ED officials have recovered around Rs 50 crore in cash along with jewelery from his two flats in south-west Kolkata and Belghoria.
Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee were taken to ESI Joka on the southern outskirts of the city for a medical check-up during the day. “The money was kept in my houses without my knowledge,” Mukherjee told waiting reporters after getting off a vehicle, prompting speculation as to who she was pointing fingers at.
Earlier, Chatterjee, who was relieved of his ministerial post, had said that he was the victim of a conspiracy and expressed displeasure over the TMC’s decision to suspend him. The veteran leader had also said whether the action against him was justified or not, only time will tell.
Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee have said that the money recovered did not belong to them. They will be produced in PMLA court on Wednesday, with which their 10-day ED custody will end.
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