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 investigation has revealed that Mukherjee's role was quite important in the money trail involved in the WBSSC recruitment irregularities scam.
The Court directed that the minister be produced before a special ED court in Kolkata through virtual mode at 4 pm on Monday.
Mukherjee, who is currently in the ED custody will be presented at a special court of Public Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Monday.
The party leaders made it clear that if he is found guilty of involvement in the scam, Trinamool will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against him.
After the arrest Chatterjee was taken to a Union government-owned ESI Hospital at Joka in the southern outskirts of Kolkata for a routine medical check- up.
