Ronik Dutta

CBI ARRESTS MAMATA CONFIDANTE ANUBRATA MONDAL

August 12, 2022

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal from his residence in Birbhum’s Bolpur in connection with a 2020 cattle smuggling case. Mondal, the TMC Bhirbhum district chief, is a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The central agency produced Mondal...

CBI arrested two advisors in school recruitment scam

August 11, 2022

Two former advisors of SSC were arrested in a recruitment-corruption case. The CBI arrested Shanti Prasad Sinha and Ashok Saha. Parth and Arpita has already been caught by the ED in the recruitment corruption case. After ED, the CBI arrested Shantiprasad and Ashok Saha for recruitment corruption. The name of...

ED WIDENS DRAGNET, SUMMONS PARTHA’S SON-IN-LAW FROM US

August 3, 2022

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday issued summons to Abhijit Bhattacharya, son-in-law of Partha Chatterjee, the prime accused in the West Bengal SSC recruitment scam. The move came after the ED investigators examined Chatterjee’s bank accounts in detail and found suspicious transactions worth more than Rs. 4 cr and found...

Mamata expels tainted minister Partha Chatterjee

July 29, 2022

Partha Chatterjee, the main accused in the unfolding West Bengal SSC recruitment scam, was on Thursday sacked by TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Partha was the minister in charge for Department of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises, Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Department...

RS 20 CRORE, GOLD BARS SEIZED FROM ANOTHER HOME OF BENGAL MINISTER’S AIDE

July 28, 2022

Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators on Wednesday conducted raids in five places in Kolkata and seized more cash from two houses belonging to Arpita Mukherjee, close aide of Partha Chatterjee. ED sleuths started search operations in five places around noon on Wednesday, including two houses owned by Arpita in Belgharia in...

FOUR MINISTERS IN TMC GOVERNMENT, MANY COUNCILLORS UNDER ED SCANNER

July 26, 2022

Four ministers in the Mamata Banerjee-led government in the state and several councillors are on the radar of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigating the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam. The anti-money laundering agency has also seized a black diary from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence in the raids which...

ED probes hawala links to Bengal minister Partha and aide Arpita

July 25, 2022

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators have started probe into possible Hawala links of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee. Partha and Arpita were arrested by ED officials in the SSC teacher recruitment scam on Saturday, after an unaccounted cash of Rs. 21 cr was recovered from...

Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra booked for her comment on Kali

July 7, 2022

Madhya Pradesh Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for her controversial comment on Goddess Kali. Moitra has been booked under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for hurting religious sentiments. Sources said that the FIR was filed against Moitra after the chief...

CORRUPTION IN FIRE BRIGADE APPOINTMENT, SUSPENSION ORDER BY KOLKATA HIGH COURT

July 5, 2022

Allegations of corruption in the recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff in the state’s primary and higher education departments had been raised earlier. This time there were allegations of corruption in the appointment of the fire department. Based on this allegation, the Calcutta High Court issued an interim stay on...

ED GRILLS ABHISHEK BANERJEE’S WIFE IN COAL SCAM CASE

June 24, 2022

Enforcement Directorate first interrogated Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Banerjee in the coal smuggling case as per 50 PMLA ACT. He was called to the ED office in Calcutta. She arrived at the ED office with her child at 11:10 a.m. on Thursday. After six hours of interrogation, Rajira came out....

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