Central probe agency interrogates Trinamool Congress leaders on malpractices in admission, animal smuggling
Central probe agency interrogates Trinamool Congress leaders on malpractices in admission, animal smuggling
central bureau [CBI] FIR registered against on May 19 West Bengal Minister of State for Education Paresh Chandra Adhikari,
The FIR came after an order of the Calcutta High Court on May 17, which directed “CBI of East Zone to register a case and initiate investigation immediately” in relation to the appointment of the minister’s daughter as a teacher in a government school. Was.
Charges have been leveled against Mr. Adhikari and his daughter under sections 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The CBI FIR referred to an order of the High Court and said that as per the order, it is alleged that on the basis of advertisement published in the merit list for appointment of assistant teachers in class X-X in Political Science subject The year 2016 was changed to accommodate one Ms. Ankita Adhikari, daughter of “Shri Paresh Chandra Adhikari, Minister, State of West Bengal, while other candidates were demoted in the merit list and thus Class X-X Teacher The appointment was given to Miss. Ankita Adhikari debars other eligible candidates from appointment on the basis of merit.
In 2017, Babita Sarkar, who appeared for the recruitment process for the appointment of teachers, approached the court. Allegations of malpractices in the recruitment process, The court, in its order, said that Babita Sarkar got 77 marks, but could not get the appointment, while the minister’s daughter (Anikta Adhikari) came to the job with 61 marks.
Paresh Chandra Adhikari was formerly associated with the All India Forward Bloc and was a minister in the Left Front government before joining the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 2018. He was appointed minister in 2021.
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta High CourtThose who had directed the CBI to initiate the investigation had also directed Mr. Adhikari to appear before the agency by 8 pm on May 17. However, the minister did not come that day.
On May 19, Justice Gangopadhyay directed the Bidhannagar Police Commissioner to immediately approach the airport authority so that they can be taken directly to the CBI office after disembarking from the flight taken from Bagdogra airport.
CRPF Deployed
In a related development, the court directed the deployment of CRPF personnel in the office of the West Bengal School Service Commission [WBSSC], The commission appoints teachers in government schools and allegations of irregularities in appointments have come to the fore in the last few months. The court’s directions are intended to ensure that the evidence is not destroyed.
Justice Gangopadhyay said the CRPF will continue to guard the WBSSC office till May 20 and will not allow any person except the chairman, his advisor, secretary, assistant secretary and not more than two stenographers. “Two CRPF personnel will start guarding the data room in the second floor of the head office of WBSSC in Salt Lake from now till further orders,” the court said.
on 18th May, State Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee was questioned by the CBI Regarding the alleged irregularities, Mr Chatterjee, a senior TMC leader, was the state education minister in recent times and the alleged irregularities happened when he was with the education department. Political parties in opposition in the state continued to take to the streets alleging irregularities in the appointments made by WBSSC.
cattle smuggling
Meanwhile, in another development, the CBI on May 19 questioned TMC leader and Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in connection with the investigation into an animal smuggling case in the state. However, the inquiry was cut short after Mr Mandal complained of chest pain. The TMC leader from Birbhum was later taken to the Government SSKM Hospital.