Who is Arpita Mukherjee? Bengal minister’s new assistant
Arpita Mukherjee: From small-time actress to Bengal minister’s assistant. Arpita Mukherjee’s alleged affair with senior TMC leader Partha Chatterjee sparked outrage on social media.
What is her name? Or, to put it another way, who was she? Arpita Mukherjee has come to the media’s attention after crores of rupees were recover from her suburban home in south Kolkata. Mukherjee, little known in the film industry until recently, was arrest in connection with a school job scam in West Bengal.
Following her seizure on Friday night, social media was awash with rumors about her alleged relationship with the senior TMC leader.
Mukherjee, who worked in the Bengali and Odia film industries from 2008 to 2014, also modeled.
Despite her limited success in the entertainment industry, Mukherjee owns a luxury apartment in Kolkata’s Joka neighborhood. According to ED sources, she frequented hookah bars in the city and traveled to places such as Bangkok and Singapore.
Arpita came from a middle-class family in the city’s northern suburbs of Belghoria. And had been modeling since her college days. After her father died, she married a businessman from Jhargram; according to industry sources, little is known about the marriage because she return to Kolkata.
Mukherjee has appeared in six Odia films, including Suvendu Swain’s ‘Bande Utkala Janani and Ashok Pati’s ‘Prem Rogi,’ both box office successes.
She also appeared in ‘Kemiti a Bandhana,’ co-starring Chandrachur Singh, and ‘Mu Kana Ete Kharap,’ co-starring Anubhav Mohanty. Her most recent Odia film was 2012’s ‘Raju Awara.’
Mukherjee appeared in Bengali films such as ‘Bhoot in Roseville,’ ‘Jeena the Endless Love. Bidehir Khonje Rabindrahath,’ ‘Mama Bhagne,’ and ‘Partner,’ but has not appeared in a film since 2014.
Sanghamitra Choudhury, a BJP leader and filmmaker said she had cast Mukherjee in three films. Before joining the saffron party in 2013. Choudhury told of the allege recovery of a large sum of money from Mukherjee’s apartment, “I was take aback to find her in such a mess. As a result, she could end up in prison. “I feel bad for her.”
Mukherjee served as the brand ambassador for Chatterjee’s Naktala Udayan Sangha’s 2020 Durga Puja. Purported social media photos and videos show Mukherjee sharing the stage with Chatterjee and even Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
A photo posted on Twitter by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari showed Mukherjee attending the TMC’s July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally.
On the other hand, PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the photos.
