After being detained by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the school jobs scam on the night between July 22 and 23, West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee called Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee three times, but according to official records cited by NDTV, none of them were answered.
According to Partha Chatterjee’s “Arrest Memo,” the 70-year-old picked his boss Mamata Banerjee for his phone conversation to a “relative/friend whom the person detained in custody intended to inform.”
After being taken into custody at roughly 1.55 am, he made his first call to her at 2.33 am.
The note states, “He contacted her but she didn’t take his call.” Mr. Chatterjee tried calling again at 3.37 and 9.35 in the morning, but to no avail. Any accused person is permitted, according to the police, to call a friend or relative to let them know they have been arrested.
The Trinamool Congress, meanwhile, has disputed the entire incident. There was “no question,” according to the party’s Firhad Hakim, that the detained minister would call Mamata Banerjee because his phone was in the possession of the Enforcement Directorate. The Bengal Education Minister, Mr. Chatterjee, was taken into custody on Saturday on suspicion of money laundering in connection with a school employment scandal.
By the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in government-sponsored and aided schools, he was charged with involvement in alleged wrongdoing in the hiring of teachers and teaching personnel. At the home of Arpita Mukherjee, a close assistant to Mr. Chatterjee, approximately 20 crore in cash was later discovered. This was one of the main causes for the minister’s arrest, according to sources. The minister spoke with Ms. Mukherjee, according to the Enforcement Directorate, and the money that was discovered in her residence
In the meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, said: “I don’t support corruption or any wrongdoing.” This response followed the detention of Bengali minister Partha Chatterjee. She continued, “If somebody is proven guilty, he or she must be punished, but I denounce the campaign against me.”
