Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Panchu Roy, former chairman of the Trinamool Congress-run South Dum Dum Municipality in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, has appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Salt Lake office in Kolkata on Monday for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore cash-for-municipal jobs scam.Sources said that Roy is likely to be questioned alongside former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose, who was arrested by the ED last week in the sa…
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Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) After avoiding Enforcement Directorate’s summons for interrogation in relation to the multi-crore municipalities’ recruitment case in West Bengal, Rathin Ghosh, the former Food and Supplies Minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led state government, finally appeared at ED’s Salt Lake office in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Friday.Although Trinamool Congress got defeated in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls, Ghosh managed to get elected from …
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Kolkata on Tuesday remanded former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose, who served in the previous Trinamool Congress regime, to Enforcement Directorate custody till May 21. He was arrested by Enforcement Directorate officials on Monday night in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-municipalities jobs case in West Bengal during the previous regime, after over 10 hours of questioning at the Enf…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) A restaurant owned by former West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose earned over Rs 1 crore during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 despite remaining completely shut, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata on Tuesday.Bose, who served as a minister during the previous Trinamool Congress government, was arrested by ED officials on Monday night in connection with the multi-crore municipal recruitment scam after a marath…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Sujit Bose, former minister in the previous Trinamool Congress-ruled and Mamata Banerjee-led cabinet, was arrested by the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday night in connection with the multi-crore municipalities’ job case in West Bengal during the previous regime.Bose appeared at the ED’s Salt Lake office on the northern outskirts of Kolkata earlier in the day for questioning in the matter, and after a marathon investigation for almost 11 hours, h…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate, on Tuesday, had issued a fresh notice to the West Bengal Minister for the Food and Supplies Department, Rathin Ghosh, for interrogation in connection with the multi-crore municipalities recruitment case in the state. He had been asked to be present at the Enforcement Directorate’s office at the Central Government Office complex at Salt Lake in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on May 6, that is two days after the results of the recently conclu…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Wednesday, had issued notices for interrogation to two members of the West Bengal Cabinet, namely the state Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose and the state Food & Supplies Minister Rathin Ghosh, for questioning in connection with the multi-crore municipalities’ recruitment case in the state.Both Bose and Ghosh had been asked to appear at the ED’s office located at the Central Government Office (CGO) Complex at Salt Lake in the n…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued summons to two members of the West Bengal Cabinet for questioning in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-municipalities job case in the state.The two ministers summoned are Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose and Food & Supplies Minister Rathin Ghosh. Both Bose and Ghosh are contesting from their respective constituencies as Trinamool Congress candidates.It is learnt that while Bose has been asked to appear at the E…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its final chargesheet on the multi-crore municipalities’ job case in West Bengal, has provided details on how optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets used in the written examination for such recruitment were manipulated.The central investigating agency submitted its final chargesheet in the matter at a special court in Kolkata last week.In the chargesheet, the investigating officials provided details on how blank OMR sheets submit…
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its final chargesheet in the multi-crore cash-for-municipalities jobs case in West Bengal at a special court in Kolkata.In the final chargesheet, the CBI has named Jyotishman Chattopadhyay, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, as an accused in the case.During the peak period of the alleged scam, Chattopadhyay held key positions in the West Bengal Directorate of Local Bodies as well as the state Municipal A…