Kolkata: West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a recruitment scam in government schools, was shifted to AIIMS in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
The move comes after the Calcutta high court on Sunday observed that many high-profile political leaders of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress lately avoided interrogation by investigating agencies taking shelter in the Kolkata’s state-run hospital.
Chatterjee, who was the state education minister when the scam took place, was arrested after around 26 hours of grilling.
During the raids at multiple locations on Friday, the ED recovered huge cash amounting to approximately Rs 20 crore from the residential premises of Arpita Mukherjee, who is a close associate of Shri Partha Chatterjee. The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of the SSC Scam.
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