Probe Agency Starts Freezing Bank Accounts Of Sacked Bengal Minister's Aide

Saturday, 30 July 2022newsdesk

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun the process of freezing at least three bank accounts of suspended TMC leader Partha Chatterjee's associate Arpita Mukherjee, where they have found at least ₹ 2 crore, a senior official of the agency said on Saturday.

New Delhi, 30 July 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Bank accounts belonging to several "shell companies" of Mukherjee are also under ED scanner, he said. "The process of freezing Mukherjee's three bank accounts has started. A total of around ₹ 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 official said. He said a decision on freezing the bank accounts of the "shell companies" is yet to be taken, while refusing to divulge the amount in those accounts.

Source - NDTV