Former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to three more days in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by a special court in Kolkata in the SSC scam case.
The ED had sought four days of custody for Chatterjee and three days for Mukherjee, from whose apartments crores of rupees in cash and other valuables were recovered last month.
They are facing charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Hearing the arguments, special PMLA judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted three days’ ED custody to both the accused.
They will be produced before the court again on August 5, he directed.
The investigating officer was directed to arrange for the medical examinations of both the accused persons every 48 hours of their stay in ED custody.
The former minister’s lawyer prayed for his bail, while Mukherjee’s cousel submitted that there was no requirement for any further ED custody…
