ED arrests Partha Chatterjee over SSC recruitment scam

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee after being questioned for around 26 hours in connection with an alleged scam in recruitment of teachers in state-run schools.

Agency officials have recovered ₹20 crore in cash from one of the properties of Chatterjee's close associate Arpita Mukherjee in south Kolkata.

Chatterjee, being taken to the ED's office, will be produced in court later in the day. ED officials, who grilled Chatterjee overnight in connection with the case, had started the interrogation at his residence at 8am on Friday.

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He was the state education minister when the scam took place. (with Agency inputs)

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