West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee made three calls to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after his arrest but none of them were answered, according to media reports citing official documents.
According to Chatterjee's arrest documents, he used his one post-arrest phone call on the TMC president.
The Bengal minister was arrested in connection with a teacher recruitment scam on Satruday at around 1.55 am. His first call to Mamata was at 2.33 am, then at 3.37 am and 9.35 am but all calls went unanswered, according to reports quoting his arrest documents.
The TMC has however denied the whole incident.
Chatterjee, now the state industries and parliamentary affairs minister, held the education portfolio when the alleged teacher recruitment irregularities at state government-sponsored and-aided schools took place.