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  • SSC rip-off: HC extends former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee’s judicial remand by 14 days

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: A particular courtroom on Thursday prolonged the judicial remand of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged shut aide Arpita Mukherjee, each arrested by the Enforcement Directorate within the faculty jobs rip-off, by 14 extra days.

    After being in ED custody until August 5 following their arrest on July 23, Chatterjee and Mukherjee had been despatched to judicial remand by the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) courtroom right here.

    Rejecting a bail prayer of the previous minister, Judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days’ judicial remand of the 2 accused on a prayer by the ED until August 31.

    On a prayer by the central investigating company, the courtroom granted permission to the ED to additional interrogate them within the correctional properties they’re lodged in.

    Mukherjee didn’t make any bail prayer earlier than the courtroom on Thursday.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee had been arrested by the ED on July 23 in reference to its probe into the cash path in unlawful appointments of instructing and non-teaching employees in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided faculties.

    The ED has claimed to have recovered Rs 49.80 crore, jewelry and gold bars from flats owned by Mukherjee, Chatterjee’s alleged shut affiliate, and paperwork of properties and an organization in joint holdings.

    Chatterjee has been relieved of his ministerial duties by the Mamata Banerjee authorities, whereas the Trinamool Congress has additionally eliminated him from all posts he held within the occasion following his arrest.

    Claiming that 70-year-old Chatterjee suffers from power diseases and wishes lively medical intervention, his lawyer prayed for his bail on any situation.

    The public prosecutor showing for the ED claimed that Chatterjee and Mukherjee are concerned in a legal conspiracy for illegally giving jobs for the put up of lecturers and cash recovered from her flats had been proceeds of crime.

    He additionally claimed that seized paperwork reveal an in depth affiliation of Mukherjee with relations of the previous minister by means of an organization named Ananta Texfab Pvt Ltd and the deal with of it’s a flat at Belghoria within the northern outskirts of Kolkata, from the place money amounting to Rs 27.90 crore was seized.

    It was alleged that Chatterjee and Mukherjee entered right into a partnership of equal share vide a partnership deed in November 2012 to type an organization named APA Utility Services.

    Opposing the bail prayer, the ED counsel submitted that Chatterjee is an influential particular person as he’s a sitting MLA and will affect witnesses within the case.

    Observing that the allegations towards the accused are very severe, the choose rejected Chatterjee’s bail prayer.

    KOLKATA: A particular courtroom on Thursday prolonged the judicial remand of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged shut aide Arpita Mukherjee, each arrested by the Enforcement Directorate within the faculty jobs rip-off, by 14 extra days.

    After being in ED custody until August 5 following their arrest on July 23, Chatterjee and Mukherjee had been despatched to judicial remand by the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) courtroom right here.

    Rejecting a bail prayer of the previous minister, Judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days’ judicial remand of the 2 accused on a prayer by the ED until August 31.

    On a prayer by the central investigating company, the courtroom granted permission to the ED to additional interrogate them within the correctional properties they’re lodged in.

    Mukherjee didn’t make any bail prayer earlier than the courtroom on Thursday.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee had been arrested by the ED on July 23 in reference to its probe into the cash path in unlawful appointments of instructing and non-teaching employees in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided faculties.

    The ED has claimed to have recovered Rs 49.80 crore, jewelry and gold bars from flats owned by Mukherjee, Chatterjee’s alleged shut affiliate, and paperwork of properties and an organization in joint holdings.

    Chatterjee has been relieved of his ministerial duties by the Mamata Banerjee authorities, whereas the Trinamool Congress has additionally eliminated him from all posts he held within the occasion following his arrest.

    Claiming that 70-year-old Chatterjee suffers from power diseases and wishes lively medical intervention, his lawyer prayed for his bail on any situation.

    The public prosecutor showing for the ED claimed that Chatterjee and Mukherjee are concerned in a legal conspiracy for illegally giving jobs for the put up of lecturers and cash recovered from her flats had been proceeds of crime.

    He additionally claimed that seized paperwork reveal an in depth affiliation of Mukherjee with relations of the previous minister by means of an organization named Ananta Texfab Pvt Ltd and the deal with of it’s a flat at Belghoria within the northern outskirts of Kolkata, from the place money amounting to Rs 27.90 crore was seized.

    It was alleged that Chatterjee and Mukherjee entered right into a partnership of equal share vide a partnership deed in November 2012 to type an organization named APA Utility Services.

    Opposing the bail prayer, the ED counsel submitted that Chatterjee is an influential particular person as he’s a sitting MLA and will affect witnesses within the case.

    Observing that the allegations towards the accused are very severe, the choose rejected Chatterjee’s bail prayer.

  • EB faculty jobs rip-off: Partha, Arpita despatched to judicial custody until August 18

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Former training minister of West Bengal Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee had been despatched to 14 days in judicial custody by a particular courtroom in Kolkata on Friday within the SSC rip-off case.

    Special PMLA courtroom decide Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days’ judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

    The courtroom rejected a bail prayer of the previous minister and directed that Chatterjee and Mukherjee be produced once more on August 18 when the matter will likely be heard once more.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been in ED’s remand since their arrest on July 23 in reference to its probe into the cash path in unlawful recruitments finished by the School Service Commission (SSC) for West Bengal government-sponsored and aided colleges.

    The ED has claimed that it recovered Rs 49.80 crore in money, jewelry and gold bars from residences owned by Mukherjee, in addition to paperwork of properties and an organization in joint holding.

    The duo is dealing with costs underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    ALSO READ | ‘Partha Chatterjee used to take Arpita Mukherjee for joyrides in high-end vehicles, have events’: Investigators

    KOLKATA: Former training minister of West Bengal Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee had been despatched to 14 days in judicial custody by a particular courtroom in Kolkata on Friday within the SSC rip-off case.

    Special PMLA courtroom decide Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days’ judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

    The courtroom rejected a bail prayer of the previous minister and directed that Chatterjee and Mukherjee be produced once more on August 18 when the matter will likely be heard once more.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been in ED’s remand since their arrest on July 23 in reference to its probe into the cash path in unlawful recruitments finished by the School Service Commission (SSC) for West Bengal government-sponsored and aided colleges.

    The ED has claimed that it recovered Rs 49.80 crore in money, jewelry and gold bars from residences owned by Mukherjee, in addition to paperwork of properties and an organization in joint holding.

    The duo is dealing with costs underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    ALSO READ | ‘Partha Chatterjee used to take Arpita Mukherjee for joyrides in high-end vehicles, have events’: Investigators

  • WB faculty jobs rip-off: Partha, Arpita despatched to judicial custody until August 18

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Former training minister of West Bengal Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee have been despatched to 14 days in judicial custody by a particular courtroom in Kolkata on Friday within the SSC rip-off case.

    Special PMLA courtroom choose Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days’ judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

    The courtroom rejected a bail prayer of the previous minister and directed that Chatterjee and Mukherjee be produced once more on August 18 when the matter will likely be heard once more.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been in ED’s remand since their arrest on July 23 in reference to its probe into the cash path in unlawful recruitments completed by the School Service Commission (SSC) for West Bengal government-sponsored and aided colleges.

    The ED has claimed that it recovered Rs 49.80 crore in money, jewelry and gold bars from residences owned by Mukherjee, moreover paperwork of properties and an organization in joint holding.

    The duo is going through fees beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    ALSO READ | ‘Partha Chatterjee used to take Arpita Mukherjee for joyrides in high-end vehicles, have events’: Investigators

    KOLKATA: Former training minister of West Bengal Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee have been despatched to 14 days in judicial custody by a particular courtroom in Kolkata on Friday within the SSC rip-off case.

    Special PMLA courtroom choose Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days’ judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

    The courtroom rejected a bail prayer of the previous minister and directed that Chatterjee and Mukherjee be produced once more on August 18 when the matter will likely be heard once more.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been in ED’s remand since their arrest on July 23 in reference to its probe into the cash path in unlawful recruitments completed by the School Service Commission (SSC) for West Bengal government-sponsored and aided colleges.

    The ED has claimed that it recovered Rs 49.80 crore in money, jewelry and gold bars from residences owned by Mukherjee, moreover paperwork of properties and an organization in joint holding.

    The duo is going through fees beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    ALSO READ | ‘Partha Chatterjee used to take Arpita Mukherjee for joyrides in high-end vehicles, have events’: Investigators

  • SSC rip-off: Money was stored with out my information, says Arpita as ED raids 5 extra locations

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: Speaking out first time in public on the problem of restoration of money Rs 49.8 crore from her two Apartments, Arpita Mukherjee, a detailed aide of suspended Trinamool Congress minister Partha Chatterjee, claimed on Tuesday that the cash was not her and it was stored in her absence and with out her information.

    While being taken for medical examination two days in the past, Chatterjee, who was arrested in reference to alleged recruitment rip-off in faculties, stated he doesn’t have any cash.

    Asked from the place the large quantity of money got here to her flats, Arpita, whereas being taken to ESI hospital, Joka, for medical examination with Chatterjee, stated, “The money was not mine. It was kept in my places when I was not present there. The money was brought there without my knowledge.”

    Chatterjee, nevertheless, didn’t utter a phrase on Tuesday. The ED performed searches at 5 locations, which embody three flats in south Kolkata and two nail-art shops owned by Arpita.

    ALSO READ | SSC rip-off: Partha Chatterjee sticks to ‘conspiracy’ idea; aide Arpita washes off her arms

    “The raids were conducted at Baranagar, Patuli, Panditiya Road and Lake Gardens. We came to know about these places while examining the documents recovered from the residences of Chatterjee and Arpita,” stated an ED official.

    The central company didn’t interrogate Chatterjee and Arpita throughout their nine-day custody. “There were discrepancies in the statements given by both the accused. Both claimed that they don’t own the money. Arpita said she was not present when the currency notes were being kept in her apartments and she had no access to the rooms where it was kept. Chatterjee claimed that he has no idea about the money that we seized,” stated an official of the company.    

    Chatterjee and Arpita will likely be produced in a particular prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket on Wednesday. “We will mention in our submission in the court about the recovery of cash from Arpita’s second apartment after interrogating her. We will seek the suspects’ further custody,” stated one other ED official.

    Meanwhile, a homemaker, recognized herself as Subhra Ghorui, hurled her sandals on the car through which Chatterjee was being taken out after medical examination. The sneakers, nevertheless, didn’t hit Chatterjee.

    “Had my sandals hit Chatterjee’s head, I would have been happy. He looted money from poor people. He deserves what I did,” stated Subhra, a mom of a daughter who additionally went to the identical hospital for medical check-up.

    KOLKATA: Speaking out first time in public on the problem of restoration of money Rs 49.8 crore from her two Apartments, Arpita Mukherjee, a detailed aide of suspended Trinamool Congress minister Partha Chatterjee, claimed on Tuesday that the cash was not her and it was stored in her absence and with out her information.

    While being taken for medical examination two days in the past, Chatterjee, who was arrested in reference to alleged recruitment rip-off in faculties, stated he doesn’t have any cash.

    Asked from the place the large quantity of money got here to her flats, Arpita, whereas being taken to ESI hospital, Joka, for medical examination with Chatterjee, stated, “The money was not mine. It was kept in my places when I was not present there. The money was brought there without my knowledge.”

    Chatterjee, nevertheless, didn’t utter a phrase on Tuesday. The ED performed searches at 5 locations, which embody three flats in south Kolkata and two nail-art shops owned by Arpita.

    ALSO READ | SSC rip-off: Partha Chatterjee sticks to ‘conspiracy’ idea; aide Arpita washes off her arms

    “The raids were conducted at Baranagar, Patuli, Panditiya Road and Lake Gardens. We came to know about these places while examining the documents recovered from the residences of Chatterjee and Arpita,” stated an ED official.

    The central company didn’t interrogate Chatterjee and Arpita throughout their nine-day custody. “There were discrepancies in the statements given by both the accused. Both claimed that they don’t own the money. Arpita said she was not present when the currency notes were being kept in her apartments and she had no access to the rooms where it was kept. Chatterjee claimed that he has no idea about the money that we seized,” stated an official of the company.    

    Chatterjee and Arpita will likely be produced in a particular prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket on Wednesday. “We will mention in our submission in the court about the recovery of cash from Arpita’s second apartment after interrogating her. We will seek the suspects’ further custody,” stated one other ED official.

    Meanwhile, a homemaker, recognized herself as Subhra Ghorui, hurled her sandals on the car through which Chatterjee was being taken out after medical examination. The sneakers, nevertheless, didn’t hit Chatterjee.

    “Had my sandals hit Chatterjee’s head, I would have been happy. He looted money from poor people. He deserves what I did,” stated Subhra, a mom of a daughter who additionally went to the identical hospital for medical check-up.

  • Money saved in my residences with out my information: Partha’s shut aide

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Suspended TMC chief Partha Chatterjee’s shut aide Arpita Mukherjee, who has additionally been held by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to its probe into a faculty recruitment rip-off, stated on Tuesday that crores of rupees recovered from by the company was slipped into her residences with out her information.

    ED sleuths have recovered round Rs 50 crore in money, together with jewelry, from her two flats in south-west Kolkata and Belghoria. Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been taken to ESI Joka, on the southern outskirts of town, for medical check-up, in the course of the day.

    Mukerjee, after deboarding a car, advised ready reporters, “Money was kept in my residences without my knowledge”, sparking hypothesis as to who was she pointing fingers at.

    Earlier, Chatterjee, who has been relieved of his ministerial duties, had stated that he was a “victim of a conspiracy” and expressed displeasure over the TM’s resolution to droop him.

    The veteran chief had additionally stated that solely time would inform if the motion in opposition to him was justified. Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee have stated that the cash recovered didn’t belong to them.

    They can be produced earlier than PMLA courtroom on Wednesday, with the 10-day ED custody of the duo coming to an finish.

    KOLKATA: Suspended TMC chief Partha Chatterjee’s shut aide Arpita Mukherjee, who has additionally been held by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to its probe into a faculty recruitment rip-off, stated on Tuesday that crores of rupees recovered from by the company was slipped into her residences with out her information.

    ED sleuths have recovered round Rs 50 crore in money, together with jewelry, from her two flats in south-west Kolkata and Belghoria. Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been taken to ESI Joka, on the southern outskirts of town, for medical check-up, in the course of the day.

    Mukerjee, after deboarding a car, advised ready reporters, “Money was kept in my residences without my knowledge”, sparking hypothesis as to who was she pointing fingers at.

    Earlier, Chatterjee, who has been relieved of his ministerial duties, had stated that he was a “victim of a conspiracy” and expressed displeasure over the TM’s resolution to droop him.

    The veteran chief had additionally stated that solely time would inform if the motion in opposition to him was justified. Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee have stated that the cash recovered didn’t belong to them.

    They can be produced earlier than PMLA courtroom on Wednesday, with the 10-day ED custody of the duo coming to an finish.

  • ‘Partha Chatterjee used to take Arpita Mukherjee for joyrides in high-end vehicles, have events’: Investigators

    Other financial institution accounts, linked to a number of 'shell corporations' allegedly operated by Mukherjee, are additionally beneath the ED's scanner.

  • Around Rs 15 crore money discovered once more from one other flat of arrested WB minister’s aide

    By Online Desk

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday once more discovered a considerable amount of money in one other flat of Arpita Mukherjee, thought-about an in depth affiliate of West Bengal Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee who was arrested in reference to the college recruitment rip-off, an official mentioned.

    Huge amount of money was recovered from the residence of Mukherjee, at Belgharia Town Club. “Around Rs 15 crore was counted so far, further recovery of money is expected,” ANI quoted officers as saying. 

    The central company additionally arrested Mukherjee on July 23, a day after unearthing unaccounted money price over Rs 21 crore from her flat in south Kolkata. This time, the money was present in one other residence owned by her at Belgharia within the northern fringes of town.

    ED sleuths needed to break open a door to get into two flats in Belghoria’s Rathtala locality because the keys to open them couldn’t be noticed, the official mentioned.

    “We have found a good amount of money from one of the flats in a housing complex. We have brought three note counting machines to know the exact amount,” he advised PTI when contacted. Several “vital” paperwork had been additionally discovered within the flats throughout a search.

    #WATCH | Cash counting machines dropped at the residence of Arpita Mukherjee, an in depth aide of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee, situated at Belgharia Town Club.

    After a search operation, ED recovered an enormous sum of cash from her residence. pic.twitter.com/Gf3Vt9NPdb

    — ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2022

    During questioning, Mukherjee knowledgeable the ED about her properties in and round Kolkata. Since Wednesday morning, the company has been conducting raids at these properties.

    Similarly, the ED officers sealed one of many two flats of Arpita Mukherjee in Belghoria. 

    #WATCH | One of the two flats of Arpita Mukherjee, an in depth aide of WB Min Partha Chatterjee, in Belghoria sealed by ED.

    A discover pasted there mentions a due upkeep quantity of Rs 11,819 towards her identify; Rs 20 Cr earlier & Rs 15 Crores at present had been recovered from her residence. pic.twitter.com/5EBNyvntZc

    — ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2022

    A discover was pasted stating there was a due upkeep quantity of Rs 11,819 towards Arpita Mukherjee’s identify.

    Asked concerning the questioning of the minister and Mukherjee, the official mentioned that although she has been “cooperative throughout”, Chatterjee was not.

    The CBI, as directed by the Calcutta High Court, is trying into the alleged irregularities dedicated within the recruitment of Group-C and D employees in addition to academics in government-sponsored and aided colleges on suggestions of the West Bengal School Service Commission.

    The ED is monitoring the cash path within the rip-off. Chatterjee was the schooling minister when the alleged irregularities came about.

    (With inputs from companies)

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday once more discovered a considerable amount of money in one other flat of Arpita Mukherjee, thought-about an in depth affiliate of West Bengal Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee who was arrested in reference to the college recruitment rip-off, an official mentioned.

    Huge amount of money was recovered from the residence of Mukherjee, at Belgharia Town Club. “Around Rs 15 crore was counted so far, further recovery of money is expected,” ANI quoted officers as saying. 

    The central company additionally arrested Mukherjee on July 23, a day after unearthing unaccounted money price over Rs 21 crore from her flat in south Kolkata. This time, the money was present in one other residence owned by her at Belgharia within the northern fringes of town.

    ED sleuths needed to break open a door to get into two flats in Belghoria’s Rathtala locality because the keys to open them couldn’t be noticed, the official mentioned.

    “We have found a good amount of money from one of the flats in a housing complex. We have brought three note counting machines to know the exact amount,” he advised PTI when contacted. Several “vital” paperwork had been additionally discovered within the flats throughout a search.

    #WATCH | Cash counting machines dropped at the residence of Arpita Mukherjee, an in depth aide of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee, situated at Belgharia Town Club.
    After a search operation, ED recovered an enormous sum of cash from her residence. pic.twitter.com/Gf3Vt9NPdb
    — ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2022
    During questioning, Mukherjee knowledgeable the ED about her properties in and round Kolkata. Since Wednesday morning, the company has been conducting raids at these properties.

    Similarly, the ED officers sealed one of many two flats of Arpita Mukherjee in Belghoria. 

    #WATCH | One of the two flats of Arpita Mukherjee, an in depth aide of WB Min Partha Chatterjee, in Belghoria sealed by ED.
    A discover pasted there mentions a due upkeep quantity of Rs 11,819 towards her identify; Rs 20 Cr earlier & Rs 15 Crores at present had been recovered from her residence. pic.twitter.com/5EBNyvntZc
    — ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2022
    A discover was pasted stating there was a due upkeep quantity of Rs 11,819 towards Arpita Mukherjee’s identify.

    Asked concerning the questioning of the minister and Mukherjee, the official mentioned that although she has been “cooperative throughout”, Chatterjee was not.

    The CBI, as directed by the Calcutta High Court, is trying into the alleged irregularities dedicated within the recruitment of Group-C and D employees in addition to academics in government-sponsored and aided colleges on suggestions of the West Bengal School Service Commission.

    The ED is monitoring the cash path within the rip-off. Chatterjee was the schooling minister when the alleged irregularities came about.

    (With inputs from companies)

  • School jobs rip-off: ED will get 10 days’ custody of arrested Bengal minister, affiliate

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: A Kolkata courtroom on Monday granted 10 days’ Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged affiliate Arpita Mukherjee, who had been arrested in reference to its probe into the college jobs rip-off.

    The ED had prayed for 14 days’ custody of Chatterjee, stating that AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has stated in a report after medical examination of the minister on a Calcutta High Court order that no energetic intervention is required over his well being.

    Rejecting a bail prayer of the minister, particular ED Court decide Jibon Kumar Sadhu at Bankshall courtroom right here granted ED custody of the minister and in addition of Mukherjee until August 3.

    The courtroom directed in its order which got here round 11 pm that the 2 accused individuals, who had been arrested on July 22, be produced earlier than it once more on August 3.

    The ED prayed for 14 days’ custody of Chatterjee claiming that he has been in state-run SSKM Hospital allegedly faking sickness and thus the company couldn’t query him throughout the two-day remand granted by the CMM in-charge courtroom on Saturday. The company additionally prayed for Mukherjee’s custody for 13 days.

    Calcutta High courtroom on Sunday directed that Chatterjee be taken to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, for a medical check-up by specialists of assorted departments on Monday morning. The decide directed that medical examination be carried out of each the accused each 48 hours of their detention in ED custody.

    The courtroom directed the investigating officer to not inflict torture upon the accused individuals. The investigating officer was directed to not topic Mukherjee to custodial interrogation between 9 pm and 6 pm.

    KOLKATA: A Kolkata courtroom on Monday granted 10 days’ Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged affiliate Arpita Mukherjee, who had been arrested in reference to its probe into the college jobs rip-off.

    The ED had prayed for 14 days’ custody of Chatterjee, stating that AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has stated in a report after medical examination of the minister on a Calcutta High Court order that no energetic intervention is required over his well being.

    Rejecting a bail prayer of the minister, particular ED Court decide Jibon Kumar Sadhu at Bankshall courtroom right here granted ED custody of the minister and in addition of Mukherjee until August 3.

    The courtroom directed in its order which got here round 11 pm that the 2 accused individuals, who had been arrested on July 22, be produced earlier than it once more on August 3.

    The ED prayed for 14 days’ custody of Chatterjee claiming that he has been in state-run SSKM Hospital allegedly faking sickness and thus the company couldn’t query him throughout the two-day remand granted by the CMM in-charge courtroom on Saturday. The company additionally prayed for Mukherjee’s custody for 13 days.

    Calcutta High courtroom on Sunday directed that Chatterjee be taken to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, for a medical check-up by specialists of assorted departments on Monday morning. The decide directed that medical examination be carried out of each the accused each 48 hours of their detention in ED custody.

    The courtroom directed the investigating officer to not inflict torture upon the accused individuals. The investigating officer was directed to not topic Mukherjee to custodial interrogation between 9 pm and 6 pm.

  • Recovery of money Rs 22 crore is an onion, extra to floor as we peel it: ED to court docket

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: The restoration of Rs 21.9 crore money and jewelry value Rs 76 lakh from the south Kolkata residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a mannequin and actor who is claimed to be an in depth aide of arrested TMC minister Partha Chatterjee, was like an onion, in contrast a lawyer who represented the Enforcement Directorate.

    More revelations are anticipated with its peeling, the lawyer stated whereas opposing the bail plea of the accused within the Bankshall court docket on Sunday.

    The court docket rejected Arpita’s bail plea and remanded her to ED’s custody for sooner or later directing the central company to supply each Chatterjee and her on Monday.

    “The recovery of money is like an onion. As we will start peeling it, more surprises will surface. The box stashed with gold and diamond jewellery is nothing other than Alibaba’s box. We need to know the origin of the money. We are opposing Arpita Mukherjee’s bail application as we need to interrogate her thoroughly,” stated ED’s lawyer.

    While leaving the court docket premises, Arpita stated, “Law would take its own course.” When requested whether or not she had any relation with TMC heavyweight Partha Chatterjee, she replied, “I have no connection with any political leader and any political party.”  

    Sources within the central company stated paperwork associated to properties have been discovered from Chatterjee’s residence which was issued within the identify Arpita. The properties within the names of Chatterjee’s kinfolk are additionally underneath the scanner of the ED.

    “We came to know about eight apartments in and around Kolkata in Arpita’s name. She is yet to disclose the source of the money that was used to purchase the properties,” an ED official stated.

    The sleuths of the central company are additionally investigating Arpita’s journeys to abroad. “She used to travel frequently to foreign countries. We should know her purpose behind the trips and from where she got the funds,” the official added.  

    Meanwhile, the ED moved High Court difficult the decrease court docket’s order permitting Chatterjee, who was arrested after being interrogated for over 17 hours at his south Kolkata residence and restoration of the large money from his shut aide’s home, to be admitted to a state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.

    “Chatterjee took admission there citing uneasiness. It was to skip our interrogation. We sought his 14-day custody but got only two days. The authorities of the hospital are not cooperating with us,” stated ED’s lawyer within the excessive court docket.

    The ED needed Chatterjee remedy in a Centre-run hospital like ESI or AIIMS in Kalyani.

    The central company can also be probing into Chatterjee’s belongings, each in his identify and others’ names the place cash was siphoned off.

    KOLKATA: The restoration of Rs 21.9 crore money and jewelry value Rs 76 lakh from the south Kolkata residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a mannequin and actor who is claimed to be an in depth aide of arrested TMC minister Partha Chatterjee, was like an onion, in contrast a lawyer who represented the Enforcement Directorate.

    More revelations are anticipated with its peeling, the lawyer stated whereas opposing the bail plea of the accused within the Bankshall court docket on Sunday.

    The court docket rejected Arpita’s bail plea and remanded her to ED’s custody for sooner or later directing the central company to supply each Chatterjee and her on Monday.

    “The recovery of money is like an onion. As we will start peeling it, more surprises will surface. The box stashed with gold and diamond jewellery is nothing other than Alibaba’s box. We need to know the origin of the money. We are opposing Arpita Mukherjee’s bail application as we need to interrogate her thoroughly,” stated ED’s lawyer.

    While leaving the court docket premises, Arpita stated, “Law would take its own course.” When requested whether or not she had any relation with TMC heavyweight Partha Chatterjee, she replied, “I have no connection with any political leader and any political party.”  

    Sources within the central company stated paperwork associated to properties have been discovered from Chatterjee’s residence which was issued within the identify Arpita. The properties within the names of Chatterjee’s kinfolk are additionally underneath the scanner of the ED.

    “We came to know about eight apartments in and around Kolkata in Arpita’s name. She is yet to disclose the source of the money that was used to purchase the properties,” an ED official stated.

    The sleuths of the central company are additionally investigating Arpita’s journeys to abroad. “She used to travel frequently to foreign countries. We should know her purpose behind the trips and from where she got the funds,” the official added.  

    Meanwhile, the ED moved High Court difficult the decrease court docket’s order permitting Chatterjee, who was arrested after being interrogated for over 17 hours at his south Kolkata residence and restoration of the large money from his shut aide’s home, to be admitted to a state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.

    “Chatterjee took admission there citing uneasiness. It was to skip our interrogation. We sought his 14-day custody but got only two days. The authorities of the hospital are not cooperating with us,” stated ED’s lawyer within the excessive court docket.

    The ED needed Chatterjee remedy in a Centre-run hospital like ESI or AIIMS in Kalyani.

    The central company can also be probing into Chatterjee’s belongings, each in his identify and others’ names the place cash was siphoned off.

  • Bengal SSC rip-off: Arrested minister Partha Chatterjee’s aide Arpita Mukherjee has an Ollywood hyperlink

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: The ED raids in reference to the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) and West Bengal Primary Education Board has an Odisha hyperlink.

    Actress Arpita Mukherjee — a detailed affiliate of former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee — from whose home Rs 20 crore was seized on Friday, has executed a minimum of six Odia movies inside a interval of 5 years alongside in style actors earlier than she completely shifted to Tollywood.

    Bengali movie and TV actress Arpita debuted within the Odia movie trade within the yr 2008 with the movie ‘Bande Utkala Janani’. In the movie directed by Suvendu Swain who launched her to Odia cinema, Arpita was forged as the feminine lead reverse Siddhanta Mohapatra and Sabyasachi Mishra.

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    While the movie did commercially effectively on the field workplace, Arpita bagged one other lead position in ‘Prem Rogi’ in 2009. The movie was by Ashok Pati. The following yr, she did the second feminine lead position in Debu Patnaik’s ‘Tora Mora Jodi Sundara’, once more reverse Sabyasachi. She additionally did ‘Kemiti A Bandhana’ which additionally starred Chandrachur Singh, Sabyasachi and Anu Chaudhury in 2011 and yr earlier than that, Arpita starred in  ‘Mu Kana Ete Kharap’ reverse Anubhav Mohanty, who was then the main male actor within the trade. Her final Odia movie was ‘Raju Awara’
    reverse Akash Dasnayak in 2012.

    Along with Odia movies, she continued performing in Bengali cinema however after 2011, she shifted to Tollywood as affords from Ollywood dwindled.

    BHUBANESWAR: The ED raids in reference to the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) and West Bengal Primary Education Board has an Odisha hyperlink.

    Actress Arpita Mukherjee — a detailed affiliate of former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee — from whose home Rs 20 crore was seized on Friday, has executed a minimum of six Odia movies inside a interval of 5 years alongside in style actors earlier than she completely shifted to Tollywood.

    Bengali movie and TV actress Arpita debuted within the Odia movie trade within the yr 2008 with the movie ‘Bande Utkala Janani’. In the movie directed by Suvendu Swain who launched her to Odia cinema, Arpita was forged as the feminine lead reverse Siddhanta Mohapatra and Sabyasachi Mishra.

    ALSO READ | SSC rip-off: ED arrests Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee; opposition assaults Mamata authorities

    While the movie did commercially effectively on the field workplace, Arpita bagged one other lead position in ‘Prem Rogi’ in 2009. The movie was by Ashok Pati. The following yr, she did the second feminine lead position in Debu Patnaik’s ‘Tora Mora Jodi Sundara’, once more reverse Sabyasachi. She additionally did ‘Kemiti A Bandhana’ which additionally starred Chandrachur Singh, Sabyasachi and Anu Chaudhury in 2011 and yr earlier than that, Arpita starred in  ‘Mu Kana Ete Kharap’ reverse Anubhav Mohanty, who was then the main male actor within the trade. Her final Odia movie was ‘Raju Awara’
    reverse Akash Dasnayak in 2012.

    Along with Odia movies, she continued performing in Bengali cinema however after 2011, she shifted to Tollywood as affords from Ollywood dwindled.