Pandora’s Box opened in Kolkata from residences of screen celebrity

The Enforcement Directorate ED has unearthed crores of rupees and huge cache of gold and silver ornaments from the residences of Arpita Mukherjee, a screen heroine of Bengal. She is believed to be a close friend of Partho Chatterjee, a Minister of Trinamool Congress TMC which is the ruling party. The revelation has come as a shock to one and all because she had links with one of the most famous Durga Puja in Kolkata. It seems the authorities had to bring in counting machines to take stock of the cash and cart them away in trucks. They had to literally work round the clock to count the cash. The amount recovered from two of her residences was mind-boggling. It was nearly Rs 80 crores and the ornaments added up to several Kgs. This is as per media reports. ₹51 Cr & Counting: ED 2nd Cash Haul From Mamata Mantri’s Aide

This haul of cash and ornaments came following searches conducted by the ED based on certain inputs. The search was related to an ongoing investigation vis-à-vis the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam. The celebrity was a close aide of Bengal industries minister. Both of them owned multiple properties in different parts of the state in both the rural and posh urban areas. The incident has tarnished the image of the ruling party and it might have to take some hard and unpleasant decisions.

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