Partha Chatterjee, a former minister in the West Bengal government and an accused in the SSC recruitment scam, on Sunday denied his involvement in the scam. He said that the money found in the investigation is not his.
He was brought to ESI Hospital for medical examination on Sunday afternoon. Parth on being questioned Chatterjee Told the media, “You will know when the time comes…the money is not mine.”
Partha Chatterjee – who has now been suspended from the Trinamool Congress – and his colleague Arpita Mukherjee are separately claiming they are “victims of a conspiracy”.
TMC distance from probe
Abhishek Banerjee speaking on behalf of Trinamool Congress “Parth Chatterjee has been removed from TMC as general secretary, national vice-president and three other posts. He has been suspended till the investigation is on,” he said.
Abhishek Banerjee He said the investigating agency should complete the investigation in a time bound manner.
He said, “There will be zero tolerance for corruption. The investigating agency should complete the investigation within the time limit. Nothing happened in the Saradha case also, it is just hanging. There should be a time bound investigation.”
“One (Arpita Mukherjee) from whose house the money was recovered is not from TMC. We want that strict action should be taken against the people involved in this matter. I am saying this hypothetically that if Partha Chatterjee joins BJP after two months, he will become a saint. Since he is in TMC, all this is happening.”
Admitting that huge amount of money was recovered, Abhishek Banerjee said, “TMC is the only party which intervened in the matter within seven days.”
The Trinamool Congress on Thursday distanced itself from the arrest of its former leader Partha Chatterjee by sacking its former leader Partha Chatterjee from the post of minister and then leaving him to defend itself by suspending him from the party.
Crores of rupees have been seized from the residences of Arpita Mukherjee, an aide of Partha Chatterjee in the Enforcement Directorate investigation in the teacher recruitment scam.
ED probe in SSC scam
After this Partha Chatterjee was arrested Cash and jewelery worth more than 21 crores Rs 1 crore recovered from Kolkata residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of former education minister.
Ed After the arrest of Partha Chatterjee, several disproportionate assets were allegedly unearthed, including three flats in West Bengal’s Diamond City.
ED raids Arpita Mukherjee’s house in connection with alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal. “The said amount is suspected to be the proceeds of the offense of alleged SSC scam,” the probe agency said in a statement.
A five-time MLA, Chatterjee was appointed as the minister in charge of higher education and school education in 2014 and held the portfolio till 2021.
Partha Chatterjee was considered the most trusted member of TMC and close to the Chief Minister. Mamata Banerjee. He was considered the third in the party hierarchy after the Chief Minister and his nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
After her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, Partha Chatterjee reportedly called Mamata Banerjee four times. He didn’t pick up her phone.
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