Court Rejectes Former Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee’s Bail Plea
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Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the ED on July 23 in connection with bengal SSC scam. (File)Kolkata: The PMLA special court Wednesday rejected the bail prayer of arrested former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and remanded him to judicial custody for 14 more days.The PMLA court also extended the judicial remand of Partha Chatterjee's associate Arpita Mukherjee for 14 days.The extension of judicial remand of the duo till September 14 was ordered by Judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is probing the alleged money trail in the School Service Commission appointments scam.The court, which had on earlier occasions rejected Partha Chatterjee's bail prayers, observed that there has been no change of circumstances and that the investigatio...