ED conducts raid at ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee’s residence at school jobs rip-off | India Information
NEW DELHI: An Enforcement Directorate (ED) group on Saturday carried out a five-hour raid on the residence of former West Bengal schooling minister Partha Chatterjee in reference to the varsity jobs rip-off, officers stated.The group reached his house within the Naktala space round 10.45 am after central forces cordoned off the premises. Throughout the operation, ED officers additionally questioned Chatterjee. The group left the residence at round 4.30 pm. The raid was carried out after Chatterjee allegedly failed to answer three summons issued by the ED following his launch on bail. Officers stated the motion additionally comes forward of the meeting elections scheduled for April 23 and 29.Chatterjee was launched on bail on November 11, 2025, after spending over three years (39 months) in custody following his arrest by the ED on July 23, 2022, in reference to the rip-off. He had secured conditional bail from the Supreme Courtroom within the CBI-probed case in August 2025 and later obtained aid in different associated instances. Earlier than his launch, he had undergone therapy at a personal hospital in Kolkata.The investigation dates again to ED raids carried out on July 22-23, 2022, at Chatterjee’s residence and premises linked to his affiliate, Arpita Mukherjee. Throughout these searches, over Rs 50 crore in money and gold jewelry have been seized from two flats linked to Mukherjee, following which each have been arrested.Chatterjee has been accused of being the “mastermind” within the alleged multi-crore rip-off involving unlawful recruitment of academics and non-teaching workers (Group C & D) in government-aided faculties throughout his tenure because the state’s schooling minister.In a parallel operation on Saturday, one other ED group searched the Rajarhat workplace of Prasanna Kumar Roy, an accused within the case whom the company has described as a intermediary within the scandal.As a part of his bail circumstances, Chatterjee was required to give up his passport and was barred from leaving the jurisdiction of the trial court docket.Following his arrest, he was stripped of his cupboard portfolios and suspended from the Trinamool Congress. He was additionally not renominated from the Behala Paschim seat for the 2026 Meeting polls, a constituency he had represented as MLA for 4 consecutive phrases since 2006.
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