SSC Scam: Court Extends ED Custody of Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Till 5 August

The ED's counsel said that Chaterjee has been uncooperative in the case.

A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata on Wednesday, 3 August has extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee till 5 August, in connection with the School Service Commission recruitment scam.

The suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader’s lawyer had submitted a bail plea before the court. Mukherjee’s counsel had argued that there was no more need for a further ED custody.

However, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, told the court that they found several properties under the joint ownership of Chatterjee and Mukherjee, which requires further interrogation of the two.