ED grills Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee overnight over school jobs scam

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee overnight in connection with the teacher recruitment scam case

Partha Chatterjee, Industries Minister, West Bengal, & Chairman, Haldia Petrochemicals
Partha Chatterjee
Press Trust of India Kolkata
1 min read Last Updated : Jul 23 2022 | 10:59 AM IST

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee overnight in connection with the teacher recruitment scam case.

The agency sleuths, who started the interrogation at the residence of the minister at 8 AM on Friday, are still continuing with the process.

ED officials have recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from one of the properties of Chatterjee's close associate Arpita Mukherjee in south Kolkata.

Chatterjee was the state education minister when the scam took place and ED is probing the money laundering aspect of those allegedly involved in it.

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Topics :Enforcement DirectoratePartha ChatterjeeWest Bengal

First Published: Jul 23 2022 | 10:59 AM IST

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