The federal agency also filed its first charge-sheet in the case before a special court in Kolkata in which it named the duo and six companies as accused.
The anti-corruption reporting mechanisms introduced at the party and government level after 2019 Lok Sabha election debacle lost relevance after the 2021 assembly election victory.
Chatterjee, who was the industries and parliamentary affairs minister, had held the education portfolio when the school recruitment scam was allegedly pulled off.
ED officials on Saturday brought in more cash-counting machines to Arpita Mukherjee's residence. Raids are underway at her residence in Kolkata in connection with the SSC scam.
West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee were arrested today by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the state's alleged teacher recruitment scam. The arrest comes just a day after Rs 20 crore was recovered from Arpita's home. While the CBI is looking into the alleged irregularities committed in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment, the ED is tracking the money trail in the scam. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE Updates: