Kolkata:
Suspended Trinamool leader Partha Chatterjee’s close assistant Arpita Mukherjee, who has also been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with his investigation into a school recruitment scam, said today that millions of rupees recovered by the agency had slipped into her residences without her knowledge.
Officials from the enforcement directorate have recovered about Rs 50 crore in cash, along with jewelry, from her two flats in southwestern Kolkata and Belghoria.
Both Mr Chatterjee and Ms Mukherjee were taken to ESI Joka, on the southern outskirts of town, for medical checkups during the day.
Ms Mukerjee, after getting out of a vehicle, told waiting reporters: “Money was being held in my residences without my knowledge,” sparking speculation as to who she was pointing the finger at.
Earlier, Mr Chatterjee, who has been relieved of his ministerial duties, had said he was a “victim of a conspiracy” and expressed his dismay at Trinamool’s decision to suspend him.
The veteran leader had also said that only time would tell whether the action against him was justified.
Both Mr Chatterjee and Ms Mukherjee have said that the money recovered was not theirs.
They will appear before a PMLA court tomorrow, with the duo’s 10-day custody battle coming to an end.
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