West Bengal SSC scam case: Partha, his aide Arpita sent to jail till 18 August

Kolkata: Former education minister of West Bengal Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to 14 days in judicial custody by a special court in Kolkata on Friday in the School Service Commission (SSC) scam case. Special PMLA court judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days’ judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court rejected a bail prayer of the former minister and directed that Chatterjee and Mukherjee be produced again on 18 August when the matter will be heard again. Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been in ED’s remand since their arrest on 23 July in connection with its probe into the money trail in illegal recruitments done by the SSC for West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools. The ED has claimed that it recovered Rs 49.80 crore in cash, jewellery and gold bars from apartments owned by Mukherjee, besides documents of properties and a company in joint holding. The duo is facing charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.