KOLKATA: A flat on the 18th flooring of a premium housing advanced overlooking a golf course in south Kolkata’s Tollygunge is the canine model of a fort for a number of canine of costly breeds – pets of arrested former minister Partha Chatterjee and his “shut aide” Arpita Mukherjee, an actor and movie producer.
Mukherjee lived in one other flat on the primary flooring. Earlier than she was arrested by ED for a money haul of over Rs 21 crore in her flat per week in the past, she would go to the upper-floor kennel on daily basis and take the canine out for a stroll.
The canine haven’t been noticed outdoors the flat since her arrest. Neighbours stated the 2 employed palms caring for her pets have been seen coming into the flat a couple of instances. Nobody is certain what number of pedigree canine are there within the residence. The quantity varies between 9 and 5.
An NGO, Voice For the Unvoiced, that works with animals claimed that they had approached the ED at hand over the canine after the arrest of Chatterjee and Mukherjee. “They assured us they may get in contact, however nothing has been finished to date,” stated its president Abhijit Mukherjee.
“We had been as soon as informed the canine had been Partha Chatterjee’s pets. No matter be it, Mukherjee liked the canine and took them out each day for a stroll. We have no idea if she owned all of them,” stated a resident of Tower 3 at Diamond Metropolis South.
Mukherjee’s’s chauffeur for the previous seven months, Pranab Bhattacharya, stated “madam” owned three flats on the advanced, of which the one on the 18th flooring was for the canine.
Former minister Chatterjee had extra pet canine at one other flat in one other housing advanced close to his Naktala residence. The pets was introduced typically in a automobile to his residence. However these canine had been shifted to an unknown location inside hours of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay referring to his “flat for canine in Naktala” whereas listening to one of many instances within the Bengal faculty jobs rip-off.
Mukherjee’s chauffer stated “madam” used 4 vehicles that remained parked at her Diamond Metropolis South storage. They included a Mercedes Benz, a Mini Cooper, a Honda Metropolis and a Mahindra Alturas.
An ED staff on Saturday revisited the Diamond Metropolis South housing advanced and spoke with the guards and checked CCTV footage following allegations that Mukherjee’s vehicles had gone lacking from the storage. ED can be engaged on two GST numbers with 5 totally different addresses that may present insights into her enterprise offers
(Inputs by Rohit Khanna)
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