Crores of illegal money kept in her residence without her knowledge: Arpita Mukherjee confesses to ED

Arrested TMC leader Partha Chatterjee's close aide Arpita Mukherjee, who has also been held by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe in school teacher recruitment scam, has said that crores of illegal money recovered during the ED raids, were slipped into her residences without her knowledge.

ED have recovered around Rs 50 crore in cash, along with jewellery, from her two flats in southwest Kolkata and Belghoria. Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee were taken to ESI hospital for medical check-ups, during the day.

Mukerjee, after deboarding a vehicle, told the waiting reporters, "Money was kept in my residences without my knowledge", sparking speculation as to who was she pointing fingers at.

In earlier confession to the Enforcement Directorate(ED) Arpita Mukherjee has said that, she was forced by West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee to allow her houses to be used to store the illegal cash.

She also reportedly claimed that whenever Chatterjee visited her residences, the suspended TMC Minister had closed-door meetings with the unknown person which she was not allowed to attend.

"While making these confessions, Mukherjee burst into tears a number of times and was constantly claiming that she was exploited. Now we have to get access to that unknown person referred by her. It is only Partha Chatterjee who can answer this," an ED official said.