Bengal SSC Scam: Raid At Arpita Mukherjee's Residence Shocking Discoveries Made

After the arrest of former education minister of Bengal Shri Partha Chatterjee, following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid, about the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scandal, a thorough search was done in the residences of all close aids of the minister.

As a close aide of Partha Chatterjee for a few years now, Arpita was seen promoting Naktala Udayan Sangha (Partha Chatterjee’s Durga Puja committee) in 2019 and 2020, which happens to be one of the biggest Durga Puja committees in Kolkata. She has also been seen campaigning with Partha Chatterjee.

Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP minister took to Twitter to share a photo from a 2019 Durga Puja of Arpita Mukherjee and Partha Chatterjee and captioned it, “Guilty by Association” – A legal phenomenon used to describe when an individual is guilty of committing a crime through knowing someone else. Just saying. Yeh toh bas trailer hai, picture abhi baki hai…” also taking a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Arpita Mukherjee House Raided: ED Makes Shocking Discoveries

Arpita Mukherjee is an actor who has acted in Odia and Tamil films. She has also been featured in a few Bengali films acting alongside well-known actors including Prosenjit Chatterjee in Mama Bhagne, and Jeet in Partner.

Last week, on July 23, Arpita Mukherjee was arrested along with Partha Chatterjee after officials recovered ₹21 crores in cash, gold bars, and foreign exchange worth ₹2 crores along with a diary, that could prove beneficial in providing crucial leads in the SSC scam. Arpita Mukherjee and Partha Chatterjee are both in the custody of ED at CGO Complex in Salt Lake and are prime suspects in the SSC scam. Officials have speculated that the cash recovered is the revenue of the SSC scam. After further investigation, officials discovered yet another flat of Mukherjee in Belgharia, raided the flat, and made shocking discoveries.

• The raid in Mukherjee's Belgharia flat, North 24-Parganas, West Bengal went on for 18 hours and was manned by ED and CRPF officials.
• The counting of all the cash recovered from the residence, went on until 4 am, Thursday morning with the help of five counting machines and bank officials.
• Reports suggest that probe officials have recovered another ₹28 crores worth of cash, in addition to 5kg of gold in the latest raids held in her Belgharia residence.
• ''The officials came to our flat and raided the entire house and rummaged through the cupboards. They didn't find anything here. I myself am surprised at the news of so many properties and cash recovered from my daughter'' stated Arpita's mother, after the ED raid in their ancestral home in Belgharia.
• Reports also suggest that in addition to cash and gold, several land deeds, documents related to intimation and transfer of candidates, letters of recommendations from MLAs, and several deeds of conveyance in Mukherjee's name were also found.
• A total of over 50 crores worth of cash, high-end apple phones, over 2 crores worth of gold, forex and multiple sale deeds have been recovered after the latest raids, which was then carried out by official in trunks.
• "We are finding grilling Mr Chatterjee quite difficult. He has been very stubborn and non-cooperative with our officers. He is not replying to our questions," revealed ED officials, who also reassured the public that a thorough investigation is being done into the matter.

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