A special CBI court in Kolkata Wednesday rejected the bail plea of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and remanded him and three others to judicial custody till October 5 in connection with its probe into the SSC recruitment scam.
The three others sent to judicial custody till the same date are former West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) president Kalyanmoy Ganguly, who was arrested by CBI on September 15, former secretary of West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) Ashok Saha, and its former advisor S P Sinha.
The order was given by a CBI court a prayer by the central investigating agency.
The special court had on September 16 given CBI the custody of Chatterjee till Wednesday on a prayer by the agency for questioning him in connection with the case, which it is investigating on an order of the Calcutta High Court.
Chatterjee and his alleged close associate Arpita Mukherjee were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the reported money trail in the SSC recruitment scam and seized Rs 49.80 crore in cash, apart from bullion, jewellery, and property deeds from the latter's flats in the city, on July 23.
The ED has alleged in a charge sheet submitted before a Prevention of Money Laundering Act court that the total worth of the seizures, including the cash, is over Rs 100 crore.
The former minister is also on judicial remand in connection with the case.
Chatterjee, who held the education portfolio when the alleged scam took place from 2014 onwards, was relieved of his ministerial duties by the Mamata Banerjee government following his arrest. He held several portfolios including parliamentary affairs, industry, and commerce when he was arrested.
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