What was meant to be a routine inauguration of a rural road turned into an embarrassing spectacle for Trinamul Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya on Wednesday, as chants of “chor” (thief) rang out from within the gathering ~ allegedly from disgruntled members of his own party.
ED sources said that the target of the sleuths is to present the charge sheet within 40 days since the date of arrest which took place on October 10 this year.
Bhattacharya's son Souvik Bhattacharya has already been summoned to the probe agency's office in Kolkata next week.
A bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Vikram Nath refused to interfere with the arrest of Bhattacharya by the ED.
The Supreme Court will deliver an order on October 17 on the plea of the former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Trinamool Congress leader Manik Bhattacharya challenging the Calcutta High Court's order in connection with the alleged irregularities in primary teachers' appointments.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and former president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the teacher's recruitment scam has been remanded to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till October 25.
Bhattacharya is wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with his alleged involvement in the irregularities in the recruitment of primary teachers in West Bengal.
Calcutta HC observed that West Bengal has become such a state where no one can secure or even retain a state government job without paying money.
The Division Bench of Justice Subrata Talukdar refused a stay on the order of the CBI probe by the Single Bench moved by the WB Board of Primary Education.
