The Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the teacher scam in Bengal, on Wednesday raided the premises of Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee. The ED had arrested Parth and Arpita on Saturday itself. According to reports, ED has raided 5 locations of Parth and Arpita. A team of central forces is also present here.
Arpita was raided on the second day of interrogation
Enforcement Directorate teams reached five places in and around Kolkata. These include Arpita Mukherjee's house in Belghoria of North 24 Parganas district. Five ED officials conducted searches by Central Forces. The action comes a day after ED officials questioned Mukherjee on Tuesday in connection with the teacher recruitment scam.
Arpita has another house in Kolkata, from where ED officials recovered around Rs 22 crore in cash, over 20 mobile phones and incriminating documents during raids last week.
MLA Manik will also be questioned
The ED had also issued summons to TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya on Tuesday in connection with the teacher recruitment scam. Manik will be questioned on Wednesday. The ED had placed many things before the Calcutta High Court on Monday. The most important of these was the black diary, which the investigating agency recovered from the house of Parth's close friend Arpita Mukherjee. Read full news...
Parth-Arpita reached again for medical in 48 hours
Mamta government minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee were on Wednesday sent to ESI hospital for medical examination. According to the order of the Calcutta High Court, his medical checkup is to be done after every 48 hours. He is in ED custody till August 3. The court had also said that there should be no questioning of Arpita from 9 pm to 6 am.
Partha Chatterjee is a diabetic patient
After seeing the medical report, Parth and Arpita will be interrogated again. During the medical checkup, the weight of 69-year-old Parth was found to be 111 kg. AIIMS doctors had said that he was overweight for his age. Parth's height is 169 cm i.e. 5 feet 5 inches. The report also revealed that he has swelling in his leg.
Parth claims that he has been suffering from diabetes for 15 years, so he has to take regular medicines. After the investigation on Monday, it was found that he has diabetes, but his blood sugar level is under control.
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