Kolkata, India: In the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, Rs 27.9 crore cash has been found in the second house of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of Mamata’s minister Parth. Along with this, 5 kg of gold has also been seized. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday evening launched raids on his second flat in Belgharia, which lasted till the early hours of Thursday.
When asked about the cash, Arpita said that all this money belong to Partha Chatterjee. He said, ‘Parth used to use this house to keep the money. I had no idea that so much cash would be kept in the house.
ED officials said, “Never before had Arpita told that cash was kept at her second flat as well. But when we raided the house, we found bundles of Rs 2000 and Rs 500 notes. Bundles of Rs 50 lakh were made from Rs 2000 notes and Rs 20 lakh bundles were made from Rs 500 notes. We also got gold worth Rs 4.31 crore. In this, 3 gold bricks of 1 kg each, 6 bracelets (all of 500-500 grams), and a gold pen have been found.
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