ED files chargesheet against Bengal minister Chandranath Sinha in primary teachers' recruitment scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted a chargesheet against West Bengal Minister Chandranath Sinha and the central agency has reportedly tracked fictitious transactions worth Rs 1.5 crore in two bank accounts while probing the recruitment scam of primary teachers in state-run schools.
'ED had given certain documents to me. A state minister has been implicated and money was recovered from him. I went through the documents and sanctioned them approval,' Governor CV Ananda Bose said today.
The ED has filed a charge sheet against Sinha with details the irregularities in the recruitment process.
The Central agency has mentioned the details of such transactions in the charge sheet, which it filed against Sinha at a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) earlier this week. Certain fictitious transactions, mainly inward remittances, took place between 2016 and 2021, people in the know said. It has been learnt that Sinha suddenly appeared at the ED office on Thursday.
Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee is in judicial custody in connection with the school for job recruitment scam.In March last year, the ED officials conducted raid and search operations at the Minister's residence at Bolpur in Birbhum district.After the raid, the ED officials seized cash worth Rs 41 lakh and a mobile phone from Sinha's residence.
West Bengal minister Chandranath Sinha had appeared before the Enforcement Directorate last year for questioning in connection with its probe into an alleged school recruitment scam.
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