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SSC 'scam': ED files first charge sheet against Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee

The agency also said it has issued a provisional attachment order for seizing immovable assets and bank balances to the tune of Rs 48.22 crore, which it claimed were ‘beneficially owned’ by the two. Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday filed its first charge sheet against former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged associate Arpita Mukherjee in the School Service Commission recruitment scam-linked money laundering case, saying assets worth more than Rs 100 crore have been seized. The agency also said it has issued a provisional attachment order for seizing immovable assets and bank balances to the tune of Rs 48.22 crore, which it claimed were “beneficially owned” by the two. The ED earlier had seized Rs 49.80 crore in cash apart from jewellery and gold bars worth Rs 5.08 core after raids at flats owned by Chatterjee’s alleged close aide Arpita Mukherjee.

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