SSC scam: Special CBI court rejects former Bengal minister’s bail plea

Aspecial CBI court at Alipore here yet again rejected the bail prayer of arrested former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and extended his judicial remand till December 12 on a prayer by the agency investigating the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam.Claiming that there has been no new development in the investigation, Chatterjee’s lawyer pleaded that he be granted bail.Opposing the prayer, the CBI counsel claimed that the investigation is at an early stage and granting bail at this stage may hamper the probe.Chatterjee, first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 23 following recovery of cash, jewellery and property deeds from his alleged close associate Arpita Mukherjee’s flats, was taken into custody by the CBI on September 16 on a court order.