Kolkata. New and sensational revelations are being made everyday in the teacher recruitment scam that shook the politics of West Bengal. The latest disclosure has come that the money received from this scam was invested in real estate. Sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim that many documents have been found in the recent raids on the houses of Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee, who were close to CM Mamata Banerjee. These documents have revealed that the business of converting the black money of the scam to white through real estate was also done. Due to this, now the problems of Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee can increase further.
The ED has already recovered about Rs 50 crore in cash, foreign currency and several kilos of gold by raiding two flats of Arpita. An expensive car of Arpita has also been seized. Search is on for four more cars. At the same time, many more people of Mamta’s government and her party Trinamool Congress can also be seen getting caught in the teacher recruitment scam. The ED has questioned Trinamool’s Nadia MLA Manik Bhattacharya for about 15 hours in the past. ED may also summon some more TMC leaders in the coming days.
He (sacked WB Minister Partha Chatterjee) has embarrassed us & dishonoured our party. We want a complete probe with an appropriate punishment for him & his associates… we took action against him, dropped his ministerial posts & took all party posts: TMC MP Saugata Roy (29.07) pic.twitter.com/j4PJF4qeme
— ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2022
At the same time, TMC MP Saugata Roy has said that Partha Chatterjee has brought disrepute to the party. He said that we want that strict action should be taken against Parth and his associates on getting the evidence. Earlier it was clear that now Mamta Banerjee has completely distanced herself from Partha Chatterjee. After the voice raised in the party, Mamta called a cabinet meeting and removed Parth from the post of minister. Apart from this, party posts have also been snatched from Parth. Let us tell you that from the memo released by the ED regarding the arrest of Partha Chatterjee, it was revealed that Parth had called Mamta four times, but Mamta did not pick up the phone.