W.B. teacher recruitment: Supreme Court dismisses TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya's plea against arrest
The Hindu
The Supreme Court Bench refused to interfere with the ED arrest and junked the plea filed by TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya
The Supreme Court on October 20 dismissed a plea by TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged irregularities in primary teacher recruitment in West Bengal.
A Bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Vikram Nath refused to interfere with the ED arrest and junked the plea filed by Mr. Bhattacharya.
“The application is dismissed,” the Bench said.
The ED had arrested Mr. Bhattacharya on October 11 after night-long questioning in connection with the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of primary teachers. Mr. Bhattacharya, the former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, was arrested for allegedly not cooperating with the investigation.
He is the MLA from the Palashipara Assembly constituency in Nadia district.
The top court on October 18 had allowed the CBI to proceed with its investigation of the alleged irregularities in appointment of primary teachers in West Bengal Government-sponsored and aided schools.
It had agreed with the submission of Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju, appearing on behalf of the CBI, that the agency is in the process of uncovering a recruitment scam of extraordinary dimension and the investigation at this stage prima facie reveals exchange of monetary considerations for giving appointments.
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