It is known that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had found Rs 21 crore from Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of arrested Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee. After finding the hefty amount from her first flat, the officials have now recovered another Rs 28.90 crore in cash, over 5 kg gold, and several documents from her second apartment.
As per reports, the officials recovered from the toilet and it took them 10 hours to count the money.
In the first raid, the ED unearthed Rs 21.90 crore in cash, Rs 56 lakh in foreign currency and gold worth Rs 76 lakh. After the second raid, the total value of seizures stands at Rs 45.22 crore.
Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested in the alleged teacher recruitment scam in the state and the investigating agency raided the houses of Arpita Mukherjee as she is said to be a close aide of the arrested minister.