“Under Garb Of Illness”: Court Says Move Arrested Bengal Minister To AIIMS

Kolkata:

Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in reference to the college jobs rip-off, needs to be taken to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences tomorrow by air ambulance, the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom has stated. The court docket additionally remarked that given his “immense energy and place” because the senior-most cupboard minister, it is not going to be troublesome for Mr Chatterjee to “evade interrogation,” the choose remarked.

Partha Chatterjee was arrested on Saturday by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to an alleged cash laundering case linked to the instructor recruitment rip-off.  The arrest got here after Rs 20 crore was recovered from his aide Arpita Mukherjee, who additionally has been arrested.

Mr Chatterjee was remanded in ED custody for 2 days. His attorneys later claimed that he was in poor health. The 69-year-old, who has a number of well being points, complained of uneasiness, sources stated.

After he was admitted to the ICCU of the state-run SSKM Hospital, the Enforcement Directorate went to court docket, which allowed Mr Chatterjee to be admitted within the SSKM Hospital. The company then challenged the order in excessive court docket.

In his judgment right now, Justice Bibek Chaudhuri stated: “Below such background and contemplating the truth that the accused is the senior-most cupboard minister within the state of West Bengal, having immense energy and place, it could not be inconceivable for the accused with assistance from different political executives to take shelter underneath the garb of great sickness and medical remedy to evade interrogation. If this occurs, the Woman Justice will likely be cursed by the tears of tons of and 1000’s of deserving candidates whose future was sacrificed in lieu of cash.”  

“The investigating company is directed to take the accused by air ambulance to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar within the early morning on twenty fifth July, 2022,” the choose ordered.

A group of specialists – from the departments of cardiology, nephrology, respiratory medicines and endocrinology — will look at Mr Chatterjee. Their reviews will likely be tallied with the reviews of AIIMS, the court docket stated.

On Monday, the minister needs to be produced earlier than a particular ED court docket in Kolkata by way of digital mode at 4 pm.