Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee. ANI
Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee remained largely evasive during his questioning, but his “close associate” Arpita Mukherjee spilled the beans before the Enforcement Directorate (ED), saying it was “all Partha’s money” and sought leniency from the investigating agency.
News18 has a copy of the 152-page chargesheet submitted by the ED in court on Monday in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam.
Citing Mukherjee’s statement before the ED, the charge sheet stated that she did not make true disclosure of the ownership of the seized cash of Rs 49.8 crore and jewellery worth more than Rs 5 crore earlier. “…she had not made true disclosure due to fear of her personal security and that of her mother and that she wanted to disclose the true facts. Arpita then stated that the seized cash and jewellery seized from two premises belongs to Chatterjee, and so only he could explain,” the ED charge sheet stated.
It added that she wanted to make a formal application regarding the disclosure for consideration of the court. “In this regard, she has made an application for treating this disclosure as an application for taking a lenient view…
