Arpita Mukherjee
SSC scam: West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee's close aide Arpita Mukherjee injured after minor accident
Kolkata: Arpita Mukherjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after huge amounts of cash and other valuables were allegedly recovered from her residence, sustained minor injuries on Sunday, when a car suddenly breached the convoy that was taking her to the Central agency's office for questioning.
Mukherjee, who was sitting in the car at the head of the convoy, got injured when the driver applied the emergency brake to prevent an accident after the unknown vehicle intruded into the convoy.
Sources told UNI that all ED officials in the car were safe.
No police complaint has been filed regarding the incident.
Mukherjee was being taken to the ED office at Salt Lake from the Bankshall court, which had sent her to ED custody for a day, when the accident happened.
On Friday night, the ED issued a statement claiming to have recovered Rs 21 crore 90 lakh in cash, suspected to be the "proceeds of the School Service Commission (SSC) scam", from Arpita Mukherjee's South Kolkata apartment.
While hearing Partha Chatterjee's matter at the Calcutta High Court, ED's counsel claimed that several documents related to West Bengal Group D staff recruitment had been recovered and seized from Chatterjee's house during the raid, which "indicates Partha Chatterjee is already involved in the appointment of Group D staff."
The ED also told the state's apex court that documents of immovable property in the name of Partha Chatterjee's 'close associate' Arpita Mukherjee and her company had been recovered and seized from Chatterjee's residence during raid.
(With UNI inputs)
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