KOLKATA: Pleading bail for arrested Trinamool Congress heavyweight Partha Chatterjee, his lawyer told the magistrate of PMLA special court in Kolkata on Friday that the suspended politician is considering his resignation from the post of MLA.
While replying to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) submission opposing Chatterjee’s bail petition saying the accused is an influential person and his release on bail will cause damage to the ongoing probe into the alleged scam in recruitment in schools, Chatterjee’s lawyer Krishna Chandra Das said, “He has been removed from the state cabinet and suspended from the party. He is now like any common man. Besides, he is ready to resign as an MLA.’’
ED’s lawyer Phiroze Edulji mentioned in his submission that at least 50 bank accounts linked to the allegations against Chatterjee are under the scanner of the central agency. ‘’Besides, money was invested through share trading and the investigators found a trust where money was also invested. These investments are suspected to be proceeds of the crime of the alleged recruitment scam’’ said Edulji.
Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee, who was also arrested in the alleged recruitment scam case, were produced before the magistrate of the court on Friday and they were remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. Both of them will be produced in court on August 18. The magistrate allowed ED’s petition seeking…
