CBI arrests VC of North Bengal University in teacher recruitment scam
The Hindu
ED files chargesheet in the case; total attachments and seizure stand at ₹103.10 crore
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Subires Bhattacharyya, Vice Chancellor of University of North Bengal and former chairperson of School Service Commision (SSC) in the recruitment scam. During the day, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a chargesheet before a court in Kolkata in connection with the recruitment scam.
The 172-page chargesheet had named former Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee, as well as names of several companies allegedly floated by them, as accused in the recruitment scam.
The arrest of Mr. Bhattacharyya comes after his office and residence were searched by the CBI in August this year. On Monday, he was called in for questioning at the CBI office in Kolkata and arrested.
Sources in the CBI said that Mr. Bhattacharyya was not cooperating with the investigation and had played a role in the scam. He is the first Vice Chancellor to be arrested in the scam.
A press statement by the agency said that the ED has provisionally attached properties worth ₹48.22 crore, consisting of 40 immovable properties valued at ₹40.33 crore and 35 bank accounts having a balance of ₹7.89 crore, in the teachers recruitment scam in West Bengal.
The press statement added that cash amounting to ₹49.80 crore, and gold and jewellery valued at more than ₹5.08 crore were seized earlier from two premises during searches conducted on July 22, 27 and 28.
“The attached properties include flats, a farmhouse, prime land in the city of Kolkata and bank balance. The attached properties are found to be beneficially owned by Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee. A number of the attached properties were kept in the name of dummy companies & firms and persons acting as proxy for Partha Chatterjee, “ the press statement by the ED said. With the present attachment, the total attachments and seizure in the case stand at ₹103.10 crore.
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