Partha Chatterjee 'non-cooperative', not responding to questions: ED
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Partha Chatterjee said he was a "victim of a conspiracy" and expressed unhappiness over TMC’s decision to suspend him
Arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee has been "non-cooperating" with sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as he has "not replied" to most of their questions in connection with the probe into a school job scam, an officer of the central agency said on Monday.
The suspended Trinamool Congress leader has "remained silent most of the time" during the questioning about a conspiracy that he referred to while speaking to journalists at ESI Hospital at Joka where he was taken for a medical check up, the ED official said.
Mr. Chatterjee had on Friday asserted that he was a "victim of a conspiracy" and expressed unhappiness over TMC’s decision to suspend him.
"He has been non-cooperating with us since he was arrested. He is often complaining of tiredness and avoiding our questions. We have asked Mr. Chatterjee about his claims that the money does not belong to him So, we are looking for the source of the money," the ED official told PTI.
Partha Chatterjee | The fall of a heavyweight
Mr. Chatterjee, who is at the centre of a multi-crore school job scam, on Sunday claimed that the money recovered during ED raids does not belong to him, and only time will tell who all have "conspired" against him.
Nearly ₹50 crore in cash along with gold were recovered from apartments linked to Arpita Mukherjee, one of Mr. Chatterjee’s close aides, as per the official of the central agency.
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