Kolkata, Amit Sharma:in the state Teacher Appointment Scam Apart from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also investigating the case. Last year itself, former state education minister Partha Chatterjee and some other people were arrested in this case. Chatterjee’s close associates are also under investigation in the scam. Meanwhile, the ED on Wednesday summoned Kolkata Municipal Corporation ward number 128 councilor and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Sarkar for questioning. Sarkar is also considered close to former education minister Chatterjee. He was asked to appear at the office of the Central Investigation Agency located at CGO Complex in Salt Lake here on the same morning.
Councilor asked for time to appear in the office of Central Investigation Agency
Although. He did not appear in the ED office that day. According to sources, citing personal and urgent reasons, Councilor Sarkar has asked for five days’ time to appear in the office of the Central Investigation Agency. According to sources, Councilor Sarkar was asked to appear at the ED office with his income tax return certificate, details of bank accounts and properties and some documents. At present, former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee is serving his judicial custody in the Presidency Correctional Facility. It is being told that Parth Sarkar is considered one of the close and confidants of the former Education Minister.
The councilor is considered close to former education minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the scam.
On the basis of some facts found in the teacher appointment scam, ED officials want to interrogate the government. Even before this, the Central Investigation Agency had conducted a search operation at the locations of people close to former Education Minister Chatterjee. Last month, the CBI had conducted simultaneous search operations at different places in the state, including the residences of Trinamool Congress leader and Murshidabad’s Domkal MLA Zafikul Islam, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) councilor Bappaditya Dasgupta, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation councilor Devraj Chakraborty. .