The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also detained Chatterjee s close aide Arpita Mukherjee, from whose premises cash amounting to Rs 21 crore was seized.
Out of the 277 candidates in the 45 constituencies of the GTA, 171 are independent candidates – the highest ever. Parties have alleged that the independents are 'proxy candidates' fielded by those who have stayed away from the polls.