Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the multi-crore monetary rip-off associated to recruitment irregularities within the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday arrested Arpita Mukherjee, an in depth aide of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee.

The ED transfer got here hours after Chatterjee, who’s presently the state Commerce and Industries Minister, was arrested by the monetary probe company in the identical case on Saturday morning.

Mukherjee’s arrest from her residence in South Kolkata was formally introduced by the ED at 5.14 p.m. on Saturday, about seven hours after the probe company nabbed Chatterjee.

The ED sleuths stated that because it won’t be doable to current her at any courtroom on Saturday and Sunday, for these two days she might be lodged on the ED’s workplace within the CGO advanced in Salt Lake.

Incidentally, Chatterjee, following an order handed by a decrease courtroom, will even be lodged on the similar ED workplace earlier than being produced at a particular PMLA courtroom on Monday.

ED officers stated that within the interim interval, company sleuths will combine the duo by inserting them head to head.

While the ED sleuths had been taking away Mukherjee from her residence, she stored saying “I am innocent. I am being unnecessarily framed by the BJP”.

It is learnt that the ED has recovered money and different gadgets value over Rs 40 crore from Mukherjee’s residence, together with money in Indian and foreign currency echange, gold ornaments, gross sales deeds of eight flats and two high-end Apple iPhones, amongst others.

According to ED sources, Mukherjee was a small-time actress in Odia motion pictures. However, her fortunes modified after she was launched to Chatterjee six years again following which the 2 had been continuously noticed collectively at totally different public programmes.

She was even noticed on the inauguration of a Durga Puja the place Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was additionally current.

Mukherjee reportedly advised the ED sleuths that she was launched to Chatterjee by an actual property promoter.

As per info obtainable with the ED, she occasion went to a overseas tour with Chatterjee, when the latter was the state Education Minister.

Mukherjee’s late father was a Central authorities officer. After his sudden demise, a job provide was additionally made to Mukherjee on compassionate grounds. However, she refused to just accept the provide and claimed that she supposed to make a profession within the silver display.

(IANS)