The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested TMC MLA Jeevan Krishna Saha in the school recruitment scam case. The ED team arrived for Red, but the MLA got information about it. They started trying to escape by closing the wall before the Red.
During this, Saha also threw a mobile phone in the drain, which has been recovered by ED. Some pictures of the MLA’s arrest have been revealed. In a photo, the mud is seen in the mud. Saha is an MLA from Burwan in Murshidabad.
TMC MLA Saha, his relatives and associates are accused in the money laundering case filed by ED. Saha will be produced in a special court and his custody will be sought for further investigation.
ED reached Saha’s house with a person
A person from Birbhum, associated with the school teacher recruitment scam, searched Saha’s campuses after receiving information about the money transaction. The ED team raided Saha’s house with that person from Birbhum. Earlier, ED also questioned Saha’s wife.
Saha was also arrested by the CBI in 2023 on the charge of the same scam and was later released. The case was raised from the FIR of CBI, which was directed by the Calcutta High Court to investigate irregularities in the recruitment of assistant teachers and primary teachers of 9th to 12th.
4 charge sheet has filed ED in school recruitment scam case
ED had earlier arrested former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, his colleague Arpita Mukherjee, TMC MLA and former president of West Bengal Primary Education Board Manik Bhattacharya and some other people in this case. Chatterjee was suspended by TMC after his arrest. ED4 has so far filed charge sheet in this case.
The ED filed the first charge sheet on 19 September 2022. It included the names of former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee.
According to the charge sheet, both of them had detected cash, jewelry and immovable property (property) worth Rs 103.10 crore. It was said that this amount was made from corruption and money laundering. The investigation also revealed the bribe in lieu of the job.
