CBI arrests ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in teacher recruitment case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested former Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee in the teacher recruitment case. 

Chatterjee has been arrested eight months after the federal agency filed supplementary chargesheets in four separate cases related to the alleged bribe-for-job scam, naming him in all four documents as one of the prime accused.

The development comes hours after the Supreme Court sought a reply from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Chatterjee’s bail plea in the case. 

A top court bench of Justices  Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, asked ED to file a reply on the ex-minister’s bail plea, ANI reported.

In July 2022, the ED arrested Chatterjee in connection with the alleged West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) teacher recruitment scam. Chatterjee was previously lodged at the Presidency Correctional Home in May this year.

The central agency had earlier recovered over ₹21 crore cash from the house of an associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee.

TMC suspended Partha Chatterjee from the party and removed him from all the posts.

Earlier, the Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to carry out investigations into the recruitment scam of Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ staff, assistant teachers of classes IX-XII, and primary teachers. 

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