Kolkata, July 30
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun the process of freezing at least five bank accounts of Arpita Mukherjee, the associate of arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, where they have found at least Rs 2 crore, a senior official said on Saturday.
Other bank accounts, linked to several “shell companies” allegedly operated by Mukherjee, are also under the ED’s scanner, he said.
“The process of freezing Mukherjee’s five bank accounts has started. A total of around Rs 2 crore has been found in these accounts. We suspect these accounts were used to carry out several transactions and further probe is underway,” the ED official said.
He said the agency was scanning the bank accounts linked to the “shell companies”, refusing to divulge the amount of money parked there.
“We have sought the details of these accounts from the authorities concerned. After going through the accounts, we will decide our next course of action,” he said.
The agency will continue grilling Mukherjee to know whether she has more bank accounts, the official said.
Chatterjee’s bank accounts are also being checked, he said.
