A special PMLA court here on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee till September 28 on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing alleged money trail in the school jobs scam.
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court also extended the judicial remand of Chatterjee’s alleged close aide, Arpita Mukherjee, for 14 days.
Rejecting a bail prayer of the former minister, Judge Bidyut Baran Roy granted 14 days’ judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the ED till September 28.
Opposing the bail prayer, ED counsel Phiroze Edulji claimed before the court that around Rs 100 crore have so far been recovered in the form of cash and assets of Mukherjee, the alleged associate of the former minister.
Produced before the court through the virtual mode from Presidency Correctional Home here, Chatterjee prayed that he be granted bail. His lawyers were present before…
