The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against eight accused, including Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee, in the Teachers Recruitment Scam in West Bengal before the PMLA Special Court, Calcutta.
According to ED officials, six entities were used for money laundering. Partha and Arpita used M/s Echhay Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Ananta Texfab Pvt Ltd, Symbiosis Merchants Pvt Ltd, Sentry Engineering Pvt Ltd, Viewmore Highrise Pvt Ltd and APA Utility Services to launder the money. The Special Court took cognizance of the Prosecution Complaint on Monday after finding that a prime-facie case has been made against the 8 accused persons. On July 23, the ED arrested Partha Chatterjee, then Minister of the Government of West Bengal, and his close associate Arpita Mukherjee.The accused are presently in judicial custody and will be produced again before the Special Court on September 28.
ED has already seized cash amounting to a total of Rs. 49.80 Crore, gold and jewellery valued at more than Rs. 5.08 Crore and provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 48.22 Crore. Thus, the total seizure in the case stands at Rs. 103.10 Crore.