Minister in India's West Bengal arrested in education scam probe

Partha Chatterjee, who was education minister in the eastern state for more than five years, was accused of appointing hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff for money and other forms of bribes, putting them in positions they were not qualified for or had they paid acquire, said an official of the Enforcement Directorate .

"The minister has been charged under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act," an ED official said.The directorate said in a statement it had seized about 200 million rupees in cash from the house of an actor and model, a close associate of Chatterjee, finding incriminating documents, details of dubious companies, electronic devices, foreign currency and gold from the premises of other government officials linked to the alleged scam.

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