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  • CBI questions TMC chief Abhishek for over 9 hours in ‘faculty jobs rip-off’ case

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: CBI officers questioned TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee, who appeared sooner than them Saturday as part of the corporate’s probe into the school jobs rip-off, for larger than 9 hours sooner than letting the youthful politician out.

    Banerjee suggested newspersons conserving vigil exterior the Nizam Palace office of the CBI, that the questioning was a waste of time for every him and the CBI officers, nonetheless that he “cooperated in all that was asked.”

    “I was questioned for 9 and-a-half hours by CBI. Questioning was a waste of time for them (CBI officers) as well as for me,” said Banerjee after rising from Nizam Palace.

    He claimed the precise goal why he was often called in was on account of, he had refused to be a “pet dog of Delhi’s bosses” and that is the rationale he has been “targeted.”

    He moreover alleged that whereas TMC leaders who’ve been unwilling to bend have been being harassed, BJP leaders who had been involved in quite a few cases have been allowed to go scot-free.

    Banerjee’s title cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh the place he alleged that central investigating companies have been pressuring him to name Abhishek Banerjee inside the faculty rip-off case.

    KOLKATA: CBI officers questioned TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee, who appeared sooner than them Saturday as part of the corporate’s probe into the school jobs rip-off, for larger than 9 hours sooner than letting the youthful politician out.

    Banerjee suggested newspersons conserving vigil exterior the Nizam Palace office of the CBI, that the questioning was a waste of time for every him and the CBI officers, nonetheless that he “cooperated in all that was asked.”

    “I was questioned for 9 and-a-half hours by CBI. Questioning was a waste of time for them (CBI officers) as well as for me,” said Banerjee after rising from Nizam Palace.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    He claimed the precise goal why he was often called in was on account of, he had refused to be a “pet dog of Delhi’s bosses” and that is the rationale he has been “targeted.”

    He moreover alleged that whereas TMC leaders who’ve been unwilling to bend have been being harassed, BJP leaders who had been involved in quite a few cases have been allowed to go scot-free.

    Banerjee’s title cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh the place he alleged that central investigating companies have been pressuring him to name Abhishek Banerjee inside the faculty rip-off case.

  • TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee appears sooner than CBI amidst heavy security deployment

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee, appeared sooner than the CBI at its Kolkata office on Saturday morning, the place he had been known as as part of the corporate’s probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off.

    Banerjee drove proper right down to the CBI office at Nizam palace amidst heavy security deployment throughout the area at spherical 10.58 am and went to fulfill the officers designated to probe the case.

    Earlier throughout the day, Enforcement Directorate carried out a raid on the residence of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, thought-about to be close to TMC prime brass in reference to its probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off, an official of the central firm acknowledged.

    The raid was carried out on the Behala dwelling of ‘Kalighat er Kaku’ (Kalighat’s uncle) as he is popularly recognized, the official acknowledged.

    Bhadra had on March 15 appeared sooner than the CBI for his alleged involvement in illegal appointments made in a number of state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal.

    While the Central Bureau of Investigation is probing the jail side of the rip-off, the ED is making an attempt into the money-trail involved throughout the alleged irregularities throughout the recruitment in schools.

    The TMC chief who was on the advertising marketing campaign path in Bankura in western Bengal had rushed once more to Kolkata Friday night time time to answer the summons despatched by the central investigative firm.

    “You are hereby directed to appear before me on Saturday, at 11 am …,” a letter despatched by a deputy superintendent of the CBI to Banerjee’s Harish Mukherjee freeway deal with on Friday acknowledged.

    Later on Friday, the TMC chief and nephew of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, had in an impromptu speech delivered from atop his automobile had moreover dared the central firm to arrest him if it has any proof of corruption or misconduct in the direction of him “I dare the CBI to arrest me if they have any proof of corruption against me,” Abhishek acknowledged at a rally in Bankura.

    On Thursday, Calcutta High Court had dismissed a petition filed by Banerjee searching for recall of a earlier order of the courtroom which acknowledged that investigative companies much like CBI and ED might interrogate him throughout the teacher recruitment rip-off.

    The TMC chief’s had title cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh, an accused throughout the rip-off.

    Ghosh alleged that he was being pressured by central investigating companies to name Abhishek Banerjee throughout the college rip-off case.

    An attempt on Friday to get a division bench and after that the chief justice of Calcutta High Court to take heed to his revision plea did not yield outcomes.

    The matter may now be taken up sooner than a visit bench of the High Court which is ready to sit from Monday onwards.

    KOLKATA: TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee, appeared sooner than the CBI at its Kolkata office on Saturday morning, the place he had been known as as part of the corporate’s probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off.

    Banerjee drove proper right down to the CBI office at Nizam palace amidst heavy security deployment throughout the area at spherical 10.58 am and went to fulfill the officers designated to probe the case.

    Earlier throughout the day, Enforcement Directorate carried out a raid on the residence of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, thought-about to be close to TMC prime brass in reference to its probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off, an official of the central firm acknowledged.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The raid was carried out on the Behala dwelling of ‘Kalighat er Kaku’ (Kalighat’s uncle) as he is popularly recognized, the official acknowledged.

    Bhadra had on March 15 appeared sooner than the CBI for his alleged involvement in illegal appointments made in a number of state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal.

    While the Central Bureau of Investigation is probing the jail side of the rip-off, the ED is making an attempt into the money-trail involved throughout the alleged irregularities throughout the recruitment in schools.

    The TMC chief who was on the advertising marketing campaign path in Bankura in western Bengal had rushed once more to Kolkata Friday night time time to answer the summons despatched by the central investigative firm.

    “You are hereby directed to appear before me on Saturday, at 11 am …,” a letter despatched by a deputy superintendent of the CBI to Banerjee’s Harish Mukherjee freeway deal with on Friday acknowledged.

    Later on Friday, the TMC chief and nephew of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, had in an impromptu speech delivered from atop his automobile had moreover dared the central firm to arrest him if it has any proof of corruption or misconduct in the direction of him “I dare the CBI to arrest me if they have any proof of corruption against me,” Abhishek acknowledged at a rally in Bankura.

    On Thursday, Calcutta High Court had dismissed a petition filed by Banerjee searching for recall of a earlier order of the courtroom which acknowledged that investigative companies much like CBI and ED might interrogate him throughout the teacher recruitment rip-off.

    The TMC chief’s had title cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh, an accused throughout the rip-off.

    Ghosh alleged that he was being pressured by central investigating companies to name Abhishek Banerjee throughout the college rip-off case.

    An attempt on Friday to get a division bench and after that the chief justice of Calcutta High Court to take heed to his revision plea did not yield outcomes.

    The matter may now be taken up sooner than a visit bench of the High Court which is ready to sit from Monday onwards.

  • School jobs rip-off: TMC chief Abhishek to look sooner than CBI, dares firm to arrest him

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee, who has been known as by the CBI to look at its Kolkata office on Saturday as part of its probe into the faculty jobs rip-off, dared the central firm to arrest him if it has any proof of corruption or misconduct in opposition to him.

    His social gathering chief and aunt, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday moreover took up the gauntlet on his behalf, claiming the BJP was gunning for her social gathering colleagues and members of her family, using the investigative companies, and wowed to oust the saffron social gathering from the centre.

    Earlier, CBI officers Friday acknowledged Banerjee had been despatched a missive asking him to affix the probe at its workplaces at Nizam Palace proper right here.

    “I dare the CBI to arrest me if they have any proof of corruption against me. They have been probing many cases in Bengal for the last several years. They should arrest me if they have any proof against me,” Abhishek acknowledged on Friday at a rally in Bankura, together with that he would return to the city this evening.

    On Thursday, Calcutta High Court had dismissed a petition filed by Banerjee searching for recall of a earlier order of the courtroom which acknowledged that investigative companies resembling CBI and ED would possibly interrogate him inside the teacher recruitment rip-off. CBI despatched its letter asking Abhishek Banerjee to look inside 24 hours.

    The TMC chief’s establish cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh, an accused inside the rip-off. Ghosh alleged that he was being pressured by central investigating companies to name Abhishek Banerjee inside the school rip-off case.

    “You are hereby directed to appear before me on Saturday, at 11 am …” the letter despatched by a deputy superintendent of the CBI to Banerjee’s Harish Mukherjee freeway take care of acknowledged.

    In a tweet, Banerjee acknowledged, “unfazed by these events, I shall strive to serve the people…bring it on.”

    Abhishek at his rally shortly after the letter was delivered, accused the BJP of “using” the central firm to stop his ongoing mass outreach advertising marketing campaign as a result of the saffron social gathering was “afraid of the public support” for the programme.

    “I will not bow my head before anyone apart from the masses. The BJP is afraid of the public support for the mass outreach campaign. CBI has summoned me, as they (BJP) want this mass outreach campaign to stop,” he acknowledged whereas addressing a roadshow proper right here.

    TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee moreover lashed out on the right-wing social gathering, stating, “BJP is after everyone in our party and my family, but we are not afraid of them. CBI should have given some time to Abhishek to appear before it as it had known that he has been on the streets since April 25 to lead the mass outreach campaign.”

    “Till BJP is ousted from the Centre, our fight against its tyranny will continue,” Banerjee thundered.

    The fiery chief wanted to step in on the ultimate second to deal with a late evening rally nearly from Kolkata, as Abhishek Banerjee, left for Kolkata to have the power to look sooner than CBI on Saturday morning.

    A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday did not allow an urgent listening to of an enchantment by the Trinamool Congress nationwide widespread secretary troublesome the one bench order which acknowledged that there was no restraining order on CBI to behave upon a uncover to him.

    An attempt to get the chief justice to hearken to it moreover did not succeed. The matter may now be taken up sooner than a visit bench of the High Court which may sit from Monday onwards.

    Reacting to the TMC leaders’ remarks, the BJP dubbed the allegations as baseless. “The BJP has nothing to do with the CBI probe. If he has nothing to hide, why is he making such allegations,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya acknowledged.

    Standing atop a vehicle, the TMC’s nationwide widespread secretary thanked people for his or her “overwhelming love and support” sooner than leaving for Kolkata.

    “I dare the CBI to arrest me if they have any proof of corruption against me. They have been probing many cases in Bengal for the last several years. They should arrest me if they have any proof against me,” he acknowledged, together with that he would return to the city this evening.

    Banerjee acknowledged he has shortly suspended his mass outreach advertising marketing campaign – Trinamool Nabojowar (Trinamool New Wave), to affix the probe and might resume it as soon as extra from Bankura on Monday.

    “Despite not being given even a day’s prior notice, I will still abide by it (CBI’s missive asking him to appear) as I have done no wrong,” he acknowledged.

    TMC chief criticized the CBI for not summoning BJP leaders accused of corruption.

    “A person was caught on camera taking bribes, but the CBI never summons him as he has joined the BJP. You can loot, take bribes and commit crimes; you won’t be touched once you join the BJP, as it is now a safe haven for thieves,” he acknowledged whereas referring to the Narada rip-off, which the CBI could be probing.

    KOLKATA: TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee, who has been known as by the CBI to look at its Kolkata office on Saturday as part of its probe into the faculty jobs rip-off, dared the central firm to arrest him if it has any proof of corruption or misconduct in opposition to him.

    His social gathering chief and aunt, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday moreover took up the gauntlet on his behalf, claiming the BJP was gunning for her social gathering colleagues and members of her family, using the investigative companies, and wowed to oust the saffron social gathering from the centre.

    Earlier, CBI officers Friday acknowledged Banerjee had been despatched a missive asking him to affix the probe at its workplaces at Nizam Palace proper right here.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

    “I dare the CBI to arrest me if they have any proof of corruption against me. They have been probing many cases in Bengal for the last several years. They should arrest me if they have any proof against me,” Abhishek acknowledged on Friday at a rally in Bankura, together with that he would return to the city this evening.

    On Thursday, Calcutta High Court had dismissed a petition filed by Banerjee searching for recall of a earlier order of the courtroom which acknowledged that investigative companies resembling CBI and ED would possibly interrogate him inside the teacher recruitment rip-off. CBI despatched its letter asking Abhishek Banerjee to look inside 24 hours.

    The TMC chief’s establish cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh, an accused inside the rip-off. Ghosh alleged that he was being pressured by central investigating companies to name Abhishek Banerjee inside the school rip-off case.

    “You are hereby directed to appear before me on Saturday, at 11 am …” the letter despatched by a deputy superintendent of the CBI to Banerjee’s Harish Mukherjee freeway take care of acknowledged.

    In a tweet, Banerjee acknowledged, “unfazed by these events, I shall strive to serve the people…bring it on.”

    Abhishek at his rally shortly after the letter was delivered, accused the BJP of “using” the central firm to stop his ongoing mass outreach advertising marketing campaign as a result of the saffron social gathering was “afraid of the public support” for the programme.

    “I will not bow my head before anyone apart from the masses. The BJP is afraid of the public support for the mass outreach campaign. CBI has summoned me, as they (BJP) want this mass outreach campaign to stop,” he acknowledged whereas addressing a roadshow proper right here.

    TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee moreover lashed out on the right-wing social gathering, stating, “BJP is after everyone in our party and my family, but we are not afraid of them. CBI should have given some time to Abhishek to appear before it as it had known that he has been on the streets since April 25 to lead the mass outreach campaign.”

    “Till BJP is ousted from the Centre, our fight against its tyranny will continue,” Banerjee thundered.

    The fiery chief wanted to step in on the ultimate second to deal with a late evening rally nearly from Kolkata, as Abhishek Banerjee, left for Kolkata to have the power to look sooner than CBI on Saturday morning.

    A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday did not allow an urgent listening to of an enchantment by the Trinamool Congress nationwide widespread secretary troublesome the one bench order which acknowledged that there was no restraining order on CBI to behave upon a uncover to him.

    An attempt to get the chief justice to hearken to it moreover did not succeed. The matter may now be taken up sooner than a visit bench of the High Court which may sit from Monday onwards.

    Reacting to the TMC leaders’ remarks, the BJP dubbed the allegations as baseless. “The BJP has nothing to do with the CBI probe. If he has nothing to hide, why is he making such allegations,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya acknowledged.

    Standing atop a vehicle, the TMC’s nationwide widespread secretary thanked people for his or her “overwhelming love and support” sooner than leaving for Kolkata.

    “I dare the CBI to arrest me if they have any proof of corruption against me. They have been probing many cases in Bengal for the last several years. They should arrest me if they have any proof against me,” he acknowledged, together with that he would return to the city this evening.

    Banerjee acknowledged he has shortly suspended his mass outreach advertising marketing campaign – Trinamool Nabojowar (Trinamool New Wave), to affix the probe and might resume it as soon as extra from Bankura on Monday.

    “Despite not being given even a day’s prior notice, I will still abide by it (CBI’s missive asking him to appear) as I have done no wrong,” he acknowledged.

    TMC chief criticized the CBI for not summoning BJP leaders accused of corruption.

    “A person was caught on camera taking bribes, but the CBI never summons him as he has joined the BJP. You can loot, take bribes and commit crimes; you won’t be touched once you join the BJP, as it is now a safe haven for thieves,” he acknowledged whereas referring to the Narada rip-off, which the CBI could be probing.

  • None can do any hurt to TMC, says jailed ex-minister Partha Chatterjee

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Suspended TMC chief Partha Chatterjee, who’s in jail for his alleged involvement in a faculty recruitment rip-off, claimed on Monday that none can do any hurt to the Mamata Banerjee-led celebration, indicating that he was nonetheless making an attempt to curry favour with its management.

    The former Bengal minister, who was arrested on July 23 following restoration of money, jewelry and property deeds from his alleged shut affiliate, prayed for his bail earlier than a particular CBI court docket, which has reserved its order.

    The CBI is probing the recruitment rip-off on instructions of the Calcutta High Court, and the Enforcement Directorate is trying into the cash path related to the case.

    As Chatterjee received off a car for his court docket listening to, he was requested by reporters to touch upon Leader of Opposition in Bengal Suvendu Adhikari’s assertion that the times of the TMC are numbered and “major developments involving its leaders are on the cards in December”.

    The suspended chief was fast to answer that “none can do any harm to the TMC; none can damage TMC’s prospects”.

    The ruling celebration in Bengal had eliminated Chatterjee from the state cabinet and all celebration posts, apart from suspending him, shortly after he was arrested in July.

    Distancing the celebration from Chatterjee, TMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, when requested about his remark, mentioned the TMC doesn’t want Chatterjee’s certificates and has no relation with him.

    Ghosh, nevertheless, asserted there is no such thing as a risk to the TMC, and BJP leaders are making absurd claims.

    Besides Adhikari, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar claimed on events that “the downfall of Mamata Banerjee government will begin from this month (December).”

    The TMC spokesperson, speaking to reporters, mentioned, “Leaders like Suvendu Adhikari and Sukanta Majumdar don’t have any relevance, and they’re making such claims simply to stay in them information.

    People of Bengal are with the TMC and everybody is aware of that,” he mentioned.

    BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya claimed that Chatterjee, former School Service Commission adviser SP Sinha and others arrested in reference to the case had simply “followed instructions of the top leadership”.

    “Partha had all the time adhered to the programmes of the celebration.

    Hence it isn’t shocking that he’s nonetheless talking in the identical voice as TMC,” Bhattacharya informed PTI.

    Chatterjee held the training portfolio between 2014 and 2021 when the irregularities in recruitment of educating and non-teaching employees in state government-sponsored and -aided faculties had allegedly taken place.

    He held a number of portfolios, together with Industry and Commerce, through the time of his arrest.

    KOLKATA: Suspended TMC chief Partha Chatterjee, who’s in jail for his alleged involvement in a faculty recruitment rip-off, claimed on Monday that none can do any hurt to the Mamata Banerjee-led celebration, indicating that he was nonetheless making an attempt to curry favour with its management.

    The former Bengal minister, who was arrested on July 23 following restoration of money, jewelry and property deeds from his alleged shut affiliate, prayed for his bail earlier than a particular CBI court docket, which has reserved its order.

    The CBI is probing the recruitment rip-off on instructions of the Calcutta High Court, and the Enforcement Directorate is trying into the cash path related to the case.

    As Chatterjee received off a car for his court docket listening to, he was requested by reporters to touch upon Leader of Opposition in Bengal Suvendu Adhikari’s assertion that the times of the TMC are numbered and “major developments involving its leaders are on the cards in December”.

    The suspended chief was fast to answer that “none can do any harm to the TMC; none can damage TMC’s prospects”.

    The ruling celebration in Bengal had eliminated Chatterjee from the state cabinet and all celebration posts, apart from suspending him, shortly after he was arrested in July.

    Distancing the celebration from Chatterjee, TMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, when requested about his remark, mentioned the TMC doesn’t want Chatterjee’s certificates and has no relation with him.

    Ghosh, nevertheless, asserted there is no such thing as a risk to the TMC, and BJP leaders are making absurd claims.

    Besides Adhikari, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar claimed on events that “the downfall of Mamata Banerjee government will begin from this month (December).”

    The TMC spokesperson, speaking to reporters, mentioned, “Leaders like Suvendu Adhikari and Sukanta Majumdar don’t have any relevance, and they’re making such claims simply to stay in them information.

    People of Bengal are with the TMC and everybody is aware of that,” he mentioned.

    BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya claimed that Chatterjee, former School Service Commission adviser SP Sinha and others arrested in reference to the case had simply “followed instructions of the top leadership”.

    “Partha had all the time adhered to the programmes of the celebration.

    Hence it isn’t shocking that he’s nonetheless talking in the identical voice as TMC,” Bhattacharya informed PTI.

    Chatterjee held the training portfolio between 2014 and 2021 when the irregularities in recruitment of educating and non-teaching employees in state government-sponsored and -aided faculties had allegedly taken place.

    He held a number of portfolios, together with Industry and Commerce, through the time of his arrest.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee: Scams come-a-calling

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The over-five-decade-long political profession of senior TMC chief Partha Chatterjee appears to have obtained an enormous jolt with the Enforcement Directorate arresting him on Saturday in reference to its investigation into the alleged college jobs rip-off in West Bengal.

    Chatterjee, 69, who presently holds the business and state parliamentary affairs portfolios of the Mamata Banerjee authorities, was the training minister from 2014 to 2021, throughout which the alleged irregularities in trainer recruitment occurred.

    He stepped into politics as a pacesetter of Congress college students’ wing – Chatra Parishad – within the late sixties throughout his faculty years, impressed by then firebrand youth leaders Subrata Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi.

    His political profession halted after he took up a high-profile company job within the mid-seventies however he stored in contact with then Congress leaders.

    Chatterjee determined to take a plunge into energetic politics after Banerjee broke away from the Congress and fashioned the TMC on January 1, 1998.

    He went on to win from the Behala Paschim Assembly constituency for 5 consecutive phrases since 2001 on a TMC ticket.

    Chatterjee’s excessive level in his political profession got here in 2006 when he was appointed because the chief of the TMC social gathering within the meeting and later chief of the opposition.

    As Banerjee fought in opposition to the mighty Left Front regime on the streets of Bengal on the difficulty of forcible land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram, Chatterjee turned the voice of the opposition within the meeting.

    Chatterjee was on the forefront when his social gathering took on then chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya within the meeting on the problems of land acquisitions.

    During that interval in 2007, he was appointed as TMC’s secretary-general by Banerjee.

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    After the social gathering got here to energy 4 years later, he was given cost of business and parliamentary affairs.

    However, in a cabinet reshuffle in 2014, he was faraway from the business division and entrusted with the duty of training.

    Considered a loyalist of the social gathering supremo, Chatterjee, together with a number of others, was on the forefront in main the previous guards in the course of the alleged inner-party battle between the younger brigade and the veterans that broke out within the TMC in January-February this yr.

    After the social gathering returned to energy for the third consecutive time in 2021, he was given the cost of business and parliamentary affairs departments.

    He is called an affable and approachable chief in political circles.

    His title had additionally cropped up in a Ponzi scheme, which was being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

    He has, nonetheless, denied the allegations as politically motivated.

    The Trinamool Congress secretary common was arrested by the ED after round 26 hours of grilling in his residence since Friday morning in reference to its probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off.

    He was later produced earlier than a choose within the Bankshall courtroom right here and despatched to the ED custody for 2 days.

    KOLKATA: The over-five-decade-long political profession of senior TMC chief Partha Chatterjee appears to have obtained an enormous jolt with the Enforcement Directorate arresting him on Saturday in reference to its investigation into the alleged college jobs rip-off in West Bengal.

    Chatterjee, 69, who presently holds the business and state parliamentary affairs portfolios of the Mamata Banerjee authorities, was the training minister from 2014 to 2021, throughout which the alleged irregularities in trainer recruitment occurred.

    He stepped into politics as a pacesetter of Congress college students’ wing – Chatra Parishad – within the late sixties throughout his faculty years, impressed by then firebrand youth leaders Subrata Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi.

    His political profession halted after he took up a high-profile company job within the mid-seventies however he stored in contact with then Congress leaders.

    Chatterjee determined to take a plunge into energetic politics after Banerjee broke away from the Congress and fashioned the TMC on January 1, 1998.

    He went on to win from the Behala Paschim Assembly constituency for 5 consecutive phrases since 2001 on a TMC ticket.

    Chatterjee’s excessive level in his political profession got here in 2006 when he was appointed because the chief of the TMC social gathering within the meeting and later chief of the opposition.

    As Banerjee fought in opposition to the mighty Left Front regime on the streets of Bengal on the difficulty of forcible land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram, Chatterjee turned the voice of the opposition within the meeting.

    Chatterjee was on the forefront when his social gathering took on then chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya within the meeting on the problems of land acquisitions.

    During that interval in 2007, he was appointed as TMC’s secretary-general by Banerjee.

    READ HERE | Teacher recruitment rip-off: Arrested Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee hospitalised

    After the social gathering got here to energy 4 years later, he was given cost of business and parliamentary affairs.

    However, in a cabinet reshuffle in 2014, he was faraway from the business division and entrusted with the duty of training.

    Considered a loyalist of the social gathering supremo, Chatterjee, together with a number of others, was on the forefront in main the previous guards in the course of the alleged inner-party battle between the younger brigade and the veterans that broke out within the TMC in January-February this yr.

    After the social gathering returned to energy for the third consecutive time in 2021, he was given the cost of business and parliamentary affairs departments.

    He is called an affable and approachable chief in political circles.

    His title had additionally cropped up in a Ponzi scheme, which was being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

    He has, nonetheless, denied the allegations as politically motivated.

    The Trinamool Congress secretary common was arrested by the ED after round 26 hours of grilling in his residence since Friday morning in reference to its probe into the alleged college jobs rip-off.

    He was later produced earlier than a choose within the Bankshall courtroom right here and despatched to the ED custody for 2 days.