Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a chargesheet against former minister Partha Chatterjee and his close associate Arpita Mukherjee before the PMLA court in connection with the teacher recruitment scam.
The ED counsel has informed that the charge sheet has been filed against the six companies-Ichhe Entertainment, Symbiosis Merchants, Apa Utility Services, Ananta Texfab, Viewmore High Rise, Sentry Engineering and two persons (Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee) and a 14,000-page document is also submitted along with the charge sheet.
The ED had raided several premises allegedly linked to Arpita Mukherjee in the scam and recovered cash worth about Rs 50 crore, foreign currency, jewellery and gold biscuits in connection with its raids into the scam.
The agency on Monday informed that it had provisionally attached properties worth Rs 48.22 Cr in the Teachers Recruitment Scam in West Bengal and the attached properties were found to be beneficially owned by Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee. The total seizure by ED has amounted to ₹103.10 crore.
(With Agency Inputs)