Investigation

KOLKATA: In a big development in the ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam, Arpita Mukherjee said that state industries minister Partha Chatterjee used to keep money at her home. Mukherjee, a key aide of the Bengal minister, is in the spotlight after ED recovered more than ₹51 crores from her […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court upheld Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) powers in money laundering cases, Congress on Wednesday said there are chances that the “political usage” of ED by the Centre will increase after this judgement. In a statement, Congress media in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, “The judgment pronounced by the Supreme Court on the […]

SRINAGAR: Cyber Police Kashmir Zone have arrested two Nigerian fraudsters from New Delhi who were involved in duping a man from Baramulla to the tune of ₹36.35 lakhs in an online scam. “Police received a written application from a resident of Baramulla alleging therein that while surfing Facebook, he came in contact with some unknown […]

KOLKATA: The skeletons started tumbling out of the closet on Wednesday as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered more cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s Belghoria residence in Kolkata. ED conducted the searches in connection with the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam after the financial probe agency got the 10-day custody of Mukherjee, a close aide of Bengal industries […]

KOLKATA: From the plush accommodation to a makeshift lock-up on the seventh floor of Kolkata’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) office, the change in fortune of Bengal industries minister Partha Chatterjee was quite apparent. ED sources told The New Indian that Partha Chatterjee is living in a 7 by 8 feet well-furnished room at the office. However, […]