SC seeks ED reply on former Bengal minister’s bail plea in teacher recruitment scam
The Supreme Court calls for the Enforcement Directorate’s response to Partha Chatterjee’s bail plea relating to the cash-for-jobs scam. The former West Bengal education minister was arrested in July 2022 for irregularities in SSC teacher recruitment. ED recovered over Rs 21 crore from an associate’s house. The CBI is probing the recruitment of Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ staff and teachers.