Bengal SSC scam: Partha Chatterjee 'airlifted' to AIIMS Bhubaneswar

New Delhi, July 25: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday reportedly shifted West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

He was taken there from Kolkata's state-run SSKM Hospital via an air ambulance, accompanied by a doctor and an advocate.

The minister was seen leaving the hospital in a wheelchair and being taken away into an ambulance for the airport.

Chatterjee, who has several health issues, was admitted to the ICCU of the state-run SSKM Hospital hours after the senior minister was remanded to two-day ED custody by a city court.

Several tests including ECG were conducted on the TMC secretary general, an official of the hospital said.

The multi-crore scam in the recruitment of teachers in state government-sponsored and aided schools took place when Chatterjee, who is also the Trinamool Congress secretary general, held the education portfolio. Jobs were allegedly offered in lieu of money while genuine candidates suffered.