The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided several premises linked to Rajib Dey, an alleged middleman in the West Bengal teacher’s recruitment scam case.
According to sources, Dey is a close associate of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee.
Last month, the ED also raided the premises of another middleman named Prasanna Roy in connection with the case. The raids were conducted in West Bengal’s Balaka Abasan.
Several senior members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have been questioned by the probe agency in the case.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee and his spouse, Rujira Narula Banerjee, were questioned by the ED in connection with the scam.
WHAT IS TEACHER’S RECRUITMENT SCAM?
In May 2022, the CBI was directed to probe the appointment of non-teaching staff (Group C and D) and teaching staff by the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education between 2014 and 2021.
The appointees had allegedly paid bribes in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh to get jobs after failing the selection tests.
According to the CBI, more than Rs 100 crore was allegedly raised by TMC leaders from job aspirants to employ them as teachers and staff at state-run schools across West Bengal between 2014 and 2021.