Money kept in residences without my knowledge: Arpita Mukherjee
Live MintArpita Mukherjee, the close aide of suspended TMC leader Partha Mukherjee on Tuesday said she is unaware of the fact that how crores of rupees were found in her house. Mukherjee, who has been held by an anti-money laundering agency in connection with a school recruitment scam, told the probe officials that crores of money were slipped into her residence without her knowledge. The ED sleuths have recovered around ₹50 crore in cash, along with jewellery, from Mukherjee's two flats in southwest Kolkata and Belghoria. Another central agency CBI, as directed by Calcutta High Court, is probing the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of Group-C and -D staff, as well as teachers in government- Both Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee were arrested by the ED on July 23 in connection with its probe into the school recruitment scam.