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Mamata Banerjee Slams Media Over Malicious Campaign After TMC Minister’s Arrest

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Mamata Banerjee said that anyone who has done a crime should be punished but the agencies should not be used to smear political parties.

Mumbai: After the TMC leader Partha Chatterjee was arrested in connection to a recruitment scam by the ED, the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the media for running malicious campaigns against the TMC. Referring to the recent remark made by CJI N.V. Ramana, she too denounced the media trials.

Speaking at a program of Titagarh Wagons she said, “When you run a large institution, mistakes can happen.  If someone has made a mistake and it is legally proven, he must be punished. But I am against any malicious media campaign. The media plays the role of the kangaroo (court).”

She added that anyone who has done a crime and is proven guilty should be punished but the agencies should not be used to smear political parties.

Ms. Banerjee claimed that businessmen, as well as opposition leaders in the center were also “threatened by agencies at the behest of the ruling BJP”.

In an apparent reference to Tuesday’s suspension of 19 opposition Rajya Sabha members, she said: “If you protest anything these days, you will be suspended.” Of the suspended MPs, seven are from Trinamool and six from the DMK. Talking about the 2024 elections, she said, “I can talk about the numbers and where they will come from. However, I am confident that the BJP will not come to power.”

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Arpita Mukherjee Claims, Partha Chaterjee Used Her Home As Mini Bank

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Arpita Mukherjee admitted that the money came from bribes and her house was used as a mini bank by the arrested TMC minister Chatterjee.

Mumbai: Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of the arrested TMC leader Partha Chatterjee who was also arrested along with him in an SSC recruitment scam has claimed that Chatterjee used her home as a ‘mini bank’ and stashed money in one of the rooms that only the minister and his people entered.

“All the money used to be stashed in one room that only Partha Chatterjee and his people entered, the minister never revealed how much money was there in the room.”, she told the ED says sources.

“Partha used my house and that of another woman as a mini-bank. That other woman is also his close friend,” Arpita Mukherjee reportedly told investigators.

Arpita Mukherjee’s lawyers are likely to deny ED’s allegations in court at the next hearing and attacked the agency for leaking details of their investigations to the media and pointing out the lack of convictions in the cases by central authorities.

Arpita Mukherjee, who is a former actor-model told that she was introduced to Partha Chatterjee by a Bengali actor and the two had been close since 2016.

Sources also claim that Arpita Mukjherjee admitted that the money came from bribes received for wire transfers and for helping colleges gain recognition. And that money was always brought by others, never by the minister.

The Enforcement Directorate reportedly  has found incriminating documents. The agency claims the minister was in contact with Arpita Mukherjee and that the money found at her home was ‘proceeds of crime’. ED also found an incriminating diary with around 40 pages of notes that could provide crucial leads to the investigation. The ED also recovered several title deeds that may implicate Partha Chatterjee, as per the sources.

The minister was arrested on Saturday that was followed by a raid the previous day and Rs.20 crore in cash was found from her residence in relation with the recruitment scam. Both Partha Chaterjee and Arpita Mukherjee has been sent for the probe agency’s custody till August 3.

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