New Delhi: Intensifying its probe against the Bengal teachers recruitment scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday apprehended Kuntal Ghosh, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth wing leader, after questioning him for two days.
Kuntal Ghosh is TMC youth wing leader from Bengal’s Hooghly region. He has been accused of hoodwinking job aspirants and drawing more than Rs 19 crore from over 300 candidates, on promise of appointing them as teachers in state-run schools.
The young TMC leader was arrested from one of his homes in Chinar Park, situated on the outskirts of Kolkata.
The arrest brings fresh focus on the alleged teacher recruitment scam in TMC-ruled Bengal and also goes on to show the deep-rooted corruption in teachers appointment. Months ago, former TMC leader Partha Chatterjee & about a dozen officials of education department were held for alleged role in scam.
#WATCH | Hooghly, West Bengal | Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth leader Kuntal Ghosh being taken away after being arrested by ED in connection with the teachers recruitment scam. pic.twitter.com/ZyYAgOLMvQ
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Though, no amount of cash seizure from his home has been reported but the sleuths have some damning information, resulted into his detention.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has also grilled Kuntal Ghosh. The agency running a separate probe into the matter called him for questioning over Tapas Monda’s claims that he collected money from job aspirants, to the tune of Rs 19 crore.
Tapas Mondal was the president of Association of Bengal’s private-run colleges and institutions, before he came under the scanner of CBI.
According to CBI sources, Bengal jobs scam ran under the blessings of a couple of TMC leaders, who obtained more than Rs 100 crore from the job aspirants, who were promised jobs as teachers & staff at the state-run schools in the state, from 2014-2021.
