Kolkata: A woman named Subhra Ghorui on Tuesday threw her slippers at suspended TMC leader Partha Chatterjee while he was being taken out from ESI after a medical checkup as directed by the Calcutta High Court.
Asked the reason for such an act to which, Subhra said that it is the best way to treat a ‘thief’.
“Does anyone expect that I will garland the thief who had stolen crores of rupees from poor people and minted money and brought several flats. He should be brought to hospital tied with a rope and not in an air conditioned car and wheelchair,” said Subhra.
"I had come to throw my shoe on him. He has taken money from poor people. I would have been happier if the shoe would have hit him on his head," the woman added.
Meanwhile, while being taken inside the hospital and also after coming out, Chatterjee's aide, Arpita Mukherjee said that the money was kept in her flat without her knowledge.
“When I was not staying in my flats, the money was then kept there in my absence without my knowledge. The money is not mine,” claimed Arpita.
However, the ED officials in different teams on Tuesday had raided six places including a luxurious flat in South Kolkata and till the time of reporting the central agency couldn’t enter the flat as it is not registered on Chatterjee or Arpita’s name.
“Some mention of Jhunjhunwala is mentioned with this address in the diaries which were recovered from Arpita’s flat. Mention of people to whom money is given along with their phone numbers are also mentioned in the diaries. It is clear that the money was sent to different people through Arpita’s residence. The handwriting is being determined,” said ED sources.
The ED sources also mentioned that chances are there that some important hints can be derived from the flat's registered under some Jhunjhunwala.
“We have learnt that Chatterjee through a broker wanted to book this flat in Fort Oasis for her daughter and have also heard that Arpita used to visit this flat,” further mentioned ED sources.
Local councillor of ward 100, Prasenjit Das was also quizzed by the central agencies while raiding one of the beauty parlours run by Arpita in South Kolkata.
According to Das, he was the witness when Arpita had brought the premises for which he was quizzed and also that the ED had sealed the beauty parlour.
