The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) against 16 people including former minister Partha Chatterjee. recruitment scam,
Shanti Prasad Sinha, Advisor, WBSSC; Samarjit Acharya, then Program Officer WBSSC; Soumitra Sarkar, Chairman, WBSSC; Ashok Kumar Saha, the then Assistant Secretary in WBSSC; And Kalyanmoy Ganguly, the then chairman of the adhoc committee in the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, has also been named in the chargesheet filed before the Special CBI Court, Alipore on Friday.
Mr. Sinha, Mr. Saha, Mr. Ganguly and Mr. Chatterjee are presently in judicial custody.
also the names of the candidates
The CBI, which is probing the case on the directions of the Calcutta High Court, has also named 10 illegally appointed candidates in the chargesheet.
involved in recruitment scam Giving appointment to candidates for monetary benefits, irrespective of their merit. The naming of candidates who have secured jobs by using unfair means becomes important as it comes at a crucial time when the state government is considering whether to scrap the panel of candidates who have secured appointments illegally. . It has also said that the High Court has to decide on this matter.
“The said case was registered on the orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Calcutta. It was alleged that the said accused had allowed ineligible candidates to be appointed to the posts of Group-C employees in various schools through III RLST (NT), 2016. conspired with each other to provide undue advantage in the matter of termination of the panel,” a press statement from the agency said.
While this is the first chargesheet filed by the CBI in the recruitment scam, the Enforcement Directorate had filed a chargesheet on its behalf on September 19. It was the ED that arrested Mr. Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee after a huge amount of cash. Recovered from Ms. Mukherjee’s residence. The ED had stated in the chargesheet that the total attachment/seizure in the case is ₹ 103.10 crore. It named Mr. Chatterjee, Ms. Arpita Mukherjee and several companies allegedly by them as accused.
Meanwhile, despite assurances from the state government, job-seekers have continued their protest while Durga Puja is celebrated in the city; Some have continued to struggle for more than 50 days. The protesters are demanding appointments in government schools.