ED Attaches Properties of TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya

Directorate of Enforcement ( ED ) has provisionally attached movable properties worth Rs. 7.93 Crore in the form of bank balance in 61 accounts and mutual funds belonging to Manik Bhattacharya, MLA, TMC and his family members in the Primary Teachers Recruitment Scam in West Bengal.

A number of attached bank accounts were kept in the name of friends and relatives of Manik Bhattacharya who were induced by him and his family members to open the same to avoid detection by law enforcement authorities.

One such account used for money laundering activities was found existing in the name of Smt. Satarupa Bhattacharya w/o Shri Manik Bhattacharya and Late Shri Mrityunjay Chatterjee who had passed away in 2016. ED had earlier arrested Manik Bhattacharya, MLA, TMC and the Ex- President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education in the Teachers Recruitment Scam in West Bengal on 10.10.2022 due to his active and direct involvement in the offence of money laundering and his continuous non-cooperation towards the PMLA investigation. He is still under judicial custody.

ED has already seized cash amounting to a total of Rs. 49.80 Crore and gold & jewellery valued at more than Rs. 5.08 Crore and provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 48.22 Crore in this recruitment scam. The total seizure and attachment after the latest attachment stands at Rs. 111 Crore. Further Investigation is under progress.

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