Arpita Mukherjee’s Empire Worth to Crore in the Scam

Arpita Mukherjee’s Empire Worth to Crore in the Scam 

It has been discovered that three companies are linked to Arpita Mukherjee who had a close assistant with the TMC leader Partha Chatterjee, in the money laundering scam. The companies have been taken under by the Enforcement Department after the scam has been disclosed. It has been suspected that Arpita Mukherjee was suspected as the director of those companies when she came into association with Mr. Partha Chatterjee.  

On July, ED raided Arpita Mukherjee’s two-bedded flat and they seized an amount of twenty-one crore and ninety lakh rupees and also golden jewelry. After 5 days of the raid, they again recovered a number of Rs. 27 crore and ninety lakhs along with gold and foreign currency which is worth Rs. 5 crores. 

Arpita was found to be appointed as the director of those three companies based in Kolkata. These companies are Symbiosis Merchants Private Limited, Sentry Engineering Private Limited, and Ecchay Entertainment Private Limited. Symbiosis Merchants Private Limited formed into a legal corporation company on March 21, 2021. The company dealt with the wholesale business of different goods. Kalyan Dhar was appointed as the co-director of the company by Ms. Arpita Mukherjee in the company. 

Arpita Mukherjee was appointed as the director of Sentry Engineering Private Limited company on 9th November 2021. The company is involved in the manufacturing of special purpose machinery. Kalyan Dhar was also made another director of this company in 2018. Ecchay Entertainment was also directed by Ms. Mukherjee, which is involved in entertainment. Kalyan Dhar was also decided as the second director of the company in the same year of being appointed as the director of Sentry Engineering Private Limited in 2018.  

In the building that housed Ecchay Entertainment Private Limited, there was a mailbox with a small slip found, which was actually an entryway. A conversation with the guard on the duty revealed that the premises were used as a banquet hall instead. He added that there will be no further program to take place in the building. The ED raided the building and the program that was scheduled to take place on the 31st of August, 2022 has been granted permission from the ED by the guests. He also said that he noticed Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee visiting the place a couple of times. The investigation further found out that the address that Ecchay Entertainment had registered under the municipal corporation, is 95 Rajdanga Main Road, registered in the name of Krishna Gopal Kar. The only son of Krishna Gopal Kar, Sanjib Kar claimed that Ecchay was not at the given address and secondly though his family was in possession of the same address, the company misused the address. The municipal corporation has looked into the situation and found out that the property taxes are being paid by the Kar family since past years for a long time. After investigating the finance and business documents of Ecchay Entertainment Private Limited it has been seen that the company is growing since its legal establishment in 2014.  

In the year 2015, just after a year of its incorporation, the company made a profit of Rs. 2, 201 and six years after that the profit rose to Rs. 14 lakhs with a balance of Rs. 40 lakhs. 

The documents also showed that the same company bought a 1, 187 square-foot apartment worth Rs. 75 lakhs in Diamond City South, Kolkata. The payment was processed through two banks. The apartment belongs to the same property where the ED recovered an amount of Rs. 27. 90 crores in cash. The Officials said that Ecchay was a shell company in the name of Arpita Mukherjee, which the TMC leader used to infuse black money.  

The address 19, Nawab Abdul Latif Street 22, Belgharia, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata- 700056, that belonged to the Symbiosis Merchants Private Limited belonged to Arpita Mukherjee’s mother. There was no banner, workers, staff and signboard. 

Diamond City South, Tower-2 Flat No. 1 A, 1st floor Kolkata- 700041 also housed the Sentry Engineering Private Limited which was directed by Arpita for almost 11 years now. The place also had no workers and staff but was regular in issuing financial statements. 

So far ED has traced 18 properties in the money laundering case scam, among which one belongs to both Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee and the rest belonged to Arpita Mukherjee.