The authorities of Presidency Central Correctional Home in South Kolkata have rejected the plea of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee for a full-time assistant in his cell.
The first team started the raid and search operations at the residence of Sukanta Acharya, the executive assistant of the former education minister Partha Chatterjee at New Barrackpore in North 24-Parganas.
On Thursday, Chatterjee's counsel Selim Rahman made a forceful argument in the court while moving the bail plea on behalf of his client. Even drawing the reference of Bollywood blockbuster movie "Jolly LLB", Rahman also claimed that going for a sit-in demonstration will be the only course left for him and his client.
On Thursday, Mr Chatterjee's counsel Selim Rahman made a fiery argument at the court, even going to the extent of questioning the CBI's competence as regards producing concrete evidence in the matter
Partha Chatterjee's counsel questioned the justification describing the investigation being at an early stage, even after his client has served judicial custody for 99 days.
The raid yielded Rs 27.90 crore in unaccounted for cash and Rs 4.31 crore in gold, apart from incriminating documents.
The purchase document of the land in 2012 was jointly in the name of Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee, after the construction of the mansion, its mutation was done in 2020 and that certificate was issued only in the name of Mukherjee.
Following Independence, West Bengal was one of the more developed states in India, contributing over 30 percent to the national GDP.
Tapas Roy claimed on Monday that Partha Chatterjee might have past records of being involved in conspiracies against others.
The party believes that Partha Chatterjee has nothing that can link the cash, gold, or property deeds seized from his or Arpita Mukherjee's properties to the Trinamool Congress.
