Overview
- ED officers searched Partha Chatterjee’s Naktala residence on Saturday and questioned him during a roughly five-hour visit, according to officials.
- A second ED team the same day searched premises linked to alleged middleman Prasanna Kumar Roy in the New Town–Rajarhat area.
- Investigators said they moved to question Chatterjee at home after he failed to appear three times since November 11, 2025, and noted that separate cases cover primary teachers, SSC assistant teachers, and Group C and D hiring.
- The latest enforcement steps land less than two weeks before West Bengal votes on April 23 and 29, drawing fresh political attention to the case.
- Elsewhere Saturday, Fire Minister Sujit Bose’s son, Samudra, appeared at the ED’s Salt Lake office in a related municipal hiring inquiry, signaling a broader sweep of connected probes.