West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his son-in-law Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya were involved in running shell companies through which money generated from the jobs-for-cash racket was routed by Chatterjee to buy property in Kolkata and other districts in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has claimed in its 172-page charge sheet filed at Kolkata’s Bankshall court on Monday.
“The links of the family members of the accused person (Partha Chatterjee) with bogus companies, wherein no business was being conducted, have been found on scrutiny of the balance sheets and recording statements of the directors of the companies. These companies were incorporated on the direction of Partha Chatterjee for the sole purpose of managing the funds to hide original source of income and purchasing immovable properties in the name of the companies,” said the charge sheet, a…
