West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in reference to an alleged faculty jobs rip-off, was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday amid chants of ‘chor, chor’ outdoors the hospital. Nevertheless, AIIMS docs dominated out the necessity for energetic well being intervention.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the cash path within the alleged rip-off, prayed for 14-day custody of Chatterjee earlier than a particular court docket. The probe company stated the mountain of money discovered at Chatterjee’s aide’s house belonged to the minister.
Listed here are the highest factors.
1) Partha Chatterjee was taken to Odisha in an air ambulance by the ED and admitted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar as per course of the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom. Nevertheless, the hospital dominated out any main well being problems. Chatterjee, who was the training minister when the alleged rip-off came about, was ‘greeted’ with ‘chor, chor’ chants outdoors the hospital. After check-up, a report was despatched to the excessive court docket with particulars of Chatterjee’s well being standing.
2) In the meantime, a particular court docket which heard ED’s plea searching for 14-day custody of arrested TMC minister reserved order on the prayers. The ED, in its submission, stated that Chatterjee had taken admission in Bengal government-run SSKM hospital “faking sickness” and the company couldn’t query him throughout the two-day remand granted by a chief metropolitan Justice of the Peace on Saturday.
3) Based on preliminary investigation, Arpita Mukherjee, an in depth aide of Chatterjee, had been operating no less than 12 shell firms and paperwork supporting the existence of such firms have been recovered from her residence in Kolkata.
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4) On Monday, Arpita Mukherjee instructed ED officers that mountain of case amounting to Rs 21 crore recovered from her belonged to Partha Chatterjee. Throughout her interrogation, the actor divulged that the plan was to maneuver the piles of money out of her home in a day or two. However the company raids foiled the plan, she stated.
5) West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee broke her silence over certainly one of her most senior ministers’ arrest and stated if confirmed responsible, he should be punished. She distanced herself from the alleged rip-off, saying she was damage and couldn’t imagine he may do such a factor.
6) Nevertheless, she slammed the Opposition for a “malicious marketing campaign” launched towards her and her get together. Referring to the video shared by the BJP, by which she was seen interacting with Arpita Mukherjee from whose home Rs 22 crore in money was discovered, the chief minister stated the Trinamool Congress has no hyperlinks along with her.
“The get together has no relation with that girl [Arpita Mukherjee] neither do I do know her. I attend a number of programmes, if somebody will get clicked with me, is it my fault?” she stated.
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7) Mamata Banerjee additional referred to as for a time-bound probe into the alleged faculty jobs rip-off.
‘”If anybody has accomplished incorrect, prosecute him. However, don’t contact me as a result of I understand how to struggle again, for I’ve accomplished nothing incorrect. Take three months’ time, however resolve the SSC rip-off,” she stated at an occasion.
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8) In the meantime, the ED stated that paperwork pertaining to candidates for recruitment to Class C and Class D providers have additionally been recovered from Partha Chatterjee’s house.
Arpita Mukherjee, Chatterjee’s aide, was arrested following marathon questioning at her residence, the place crores of rupees in money and different valuables have been allegedly recovered by sleuths of the central company.
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