Kolkata

West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee was bought to the Enforcement Directorate office in Kolkata on Tuesday morning, a day after he and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till August 3.

He reached the Kolkata airport after being discharged from AIIMS Bhuwaneshwar.

"Partha Chatterjee's health is stable. Medical reports have come, and it's fine. A thorough examination of him was done. Though he had some problems, he didn't need to be admitted to the hospital, he's being monitored closely," said Dr Tushar Kanti Patra of SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.

The Calcutta court also gave orders to conduct medical check-ups of both the arrested accused after every 48 hours.

Partha was arrested by the ED in connection with the alleged Teachers Recruitment scam in West Bengal on Saturday.

The ED unearthed many disproportionate assets of Partha Chatterjee since his arrest, of which were three flats in West Bengal's Diamond City.

His arrest followed the recovery of Rs 21 crore in cash and jewellery worth above Rs 1 crore from the Kolkata residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of the former education minister.

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Partha Chatterjee, who is presently the minister for industries and commerce, was the education minister when the alleged illegal appointments were made in government-run and aided schools by West Bengal School Service Commission.