The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids at former education minister Partha Chatterjee’s house in Naktala on Saturday in connection with the teachers recruitment scam, five months after he secured bail in the case.
Central paramilitary forces were seen cordoning off the area in front of Chatterjee’s house. The suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was arrested in July 2022 along with his associate, Arpita Mukherjee, in connection with alleged bribery in the recruitment to government posts, linked to the School Service Commission (SSC).
Chatterjee was reportedly at his residence when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team arrived on Saturday morning. The former minister had been summoned by the central investigating agency earlier this year, but he had not turned up, citing ill health.
During the raid at Arpita Mukherjee's house, the ED has allegedly recovered over Rs 50 crore of cash and gold jewellery worth Rs 5 crore. The ED team also simultaneously raided Chatterjee’s close associate, Prassana Roy’s office in the New Town area.
Chatterjee was the MLA from Behala West but was denied a ticket after being suspended from the TMC post his arrest.
Meanwhile, in another case of the civic bodies recruitment scam, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose’s son, Samudra Bose, arrived at the ED office in Kolkata. Sujit Bose, who is the candidate from Biddhanagar Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, had been summoned earlier, but did not appear before the agency, citing health reasons.
Raids were conducted in October 2025 at the minister’s office and at the restaurant owned by his son, Samudra Bose. Rs. 45 lakh in cash, digital devices and documents were seized during the raid.
The raids and ED questioning come ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections to be held in two phases on April 23 and 29.