<p>Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam, on Tuesday conducted search operations at two flats and another shop allegedly linked to Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of suspended TMC leader Partha Chatterjee.</p>.<p>Sleuths of ED raided two flats in South Kolkata – one on Panditiya Road and the other in Madurdaha – during the day, along with another nail art shop in the northern part of the city, agency sources said.</p>.<p>ED had earlier recovered around Rs 50 crore in cash, along with jewellery, from her two apartments in Tollygunge and Belghoria areas.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/ed-raids-national-herald-headquarters-11-more-places-in-delhi-1132311.html"><strong>Also read: ED raids National Herald headquarters, 11 more places in Delhi</strong></a></p>.<p>Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee were arrested by the ED on July 23 in connection with its probe into the scam.</p>.<p>They will be produced before a PMLA court again on Wednesday, with the 10-day ED custody coming to an end.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, Mukherjee, on her arrival at ESI hospital in Joka for medical check-up, told waiting reporters that money was placed in her residences without her knowledge.</p>.<p>Chatterjee, who has been relieved of his ministerial duties, had said on a past occasion that he was a “victim of a conspiracy” and expressed displeasure over the TMC’s action to suspend him and remove him from organisational posts.</p>.<p>He had stated that only time would tell if the action taken against him was justified.</p>.<p>The veteran leader claimed that the money recovered during ED raids did not belong to him.</p>
<p>Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam, on Tuesday conducted search operations at two flats and another shop allegedly linked to Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of suspended TMC leader Partha Chatterjee.</p>.<p>Sleuths of ED raided two flats in South Kolkata – one on Panditiya Road and the other in Madurdaha – during the day, along with another nail art shop in the northern part of the city, agency sources said.</p>.<p>ED had earlier recovered around Rs 50 crore in cash, along with jewellery, from her two apartments in Tollygunge and Belghoria areas.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/ed-raids-national-herald-headquarters-11-more-places-in-delhi-1132311.html"><strong>Also read: ED raids National Herald headquarters, 11 more places in Delhi</strong></a></p>.<p>Both Chatterjee and Mukherjee were arrested by the ED on July 23 in connection with its probe into the scam.</p>.<p>They will be produced before a PMLA court again on Wednesday, with the 10-day ED custody coming to an end.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, Mukherjee, on her arrival at ESI hospital in Joka for medical check-up, told waiting reporters that money was placed in her residences without her knowledge.</p>.<p>Chatterjee, who has been relieved of his ministerial duties, had said on a past occasion that he was a “victim of a conspiracy” and expressed displeasure over the TMC’s action to suspend him and remove him from organisational posts.</p>.<p>He had stated that only time would tell if the action taken against him was justified.</p>.<p>The veteran leader claimed that the money recovered during ED raids did not belong to him.</p>