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WBSSC Scam/Kolkata: The hearing on the bail plea of West Bengal teacher recruitment scam accused and jailed former minister Partha Chatterjee was held in the sessions court on Wednesday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed the grant of bail to Partha. The ED has said in the charge sheet that Partha while being the Education Minister, got his close friend Arpita’s sister a government job. The ED further said that Partha transferred most of the shares of his company Text Fab Pvt Ltd to Arpita after the death of his wife. The ED has submitted 14,643 pages of documents in the court opposing the bail of both.
According to the report of ABP Ananda, the ED has said that Partha used to pay Arpita’s shopping bills too. The probe agency further claimed that both Arpita and Partha had gone to Phuket in Thailand. The agency has also submitted the details of the permanent and temporary assets of both to the court.
Partha Chatterjee had filed an affidavit seeking bail from the special CBI court. Filing an affidavit in the court, Parth said, “I was implicated under a political conspiracy. I was also the Leader of the Opposition before being a minister. ED stayed at my bungalow for more than 24 hours but did not find anything. I should be given bail so that I can live in peace.”
Partha further said, “I have fully cooperated with the ED’s interrogation so far and will continue to do so. I myself have been a law student and have got a scholarship in the British era. Why would I scam? I haven’t taken even a single rupee.” Partha Chatterjee is definitely claiming to have got a scholarship in the British era, but he was born in independent India.
Arpita Mukherjee started crying in the court itself during the hearing on the bail plea on 13 September. Arpita told the judge that she does not know how the money found its way to her flat. Arpita’s two flats were raided by the ED on July 23 and July 28 during which Rs 49 crore cash was recovered.
On July 23, the ED arrested Partha from his official residence in Kolkata on charges of money laundering in the teacher recruitment scam. Partha is accused that while being a minister, he took money in exchange for a job. Five days after Partha’s arrest, Mamata Banerjee sacked him from the cabinet.
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