CBI officers questioned some staff and officers of the education minister’s office
The headquarters of the West Bengal education department, Bikash Bhawan, has now come under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI is probing the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment irregularities scam.
The investigation officers went to the record storeroom of the office of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) and scanned the paper documents as well as hard-disc records stored there. After spending over an hour there, they left but only after sealing the records storeroom.
A team of CBI officials searched the state education minister’s office situated on the 5th floor of the building, in a late evening operation on Friday. Sources said that although the State Education Minister Bratya Basu‘s room on the floor was spared, the computers in the room opposite to it were checked for hours.
Some staff and officers of the education minister’s office were also questioned.
Incidentally, the former president of WBBSE, Kalyanmoy Ganguly is already in judicial custody in connection to the scam in the state. CBI has also identified him as one of the key conspirators in the scam.
The development took place just a couple of hours after Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court ordered the termination of services of 53 primary teachers employed with different state-run schools.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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