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.
Chatterjee, general secretary of TMC was the minister in charge for Department of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises, Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Department of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction.
Dhar has informed the central agency that he is a driver by profession and in 2011 Arpita Mukherjee appointed her as her personal driver at a monthly remuneration of Rs 10,000 which was later increased to Rs 18,000 a month.
It is learnt that whenever Chatterjee visited Mukherjee's residences, the Minister had closed-door meetings with the unknown person which she was not allowed to participate in.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday had arrested Chatterjee in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Primary Education Board recruitment scam.
The garden house christened "Bishram" (Rest) is registered in the name of Chatterjee's daughter Sohini Chatterjee, who is married and currently settled abroad.
