Key Takeaways
- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun fresh raids in connection with the alleged teachers recruitment scam in West Bengal.
- Prasanna Roy, an accused middleman, is being investigated in connection with the scam.
- The ED is conducting raids at multiple locations in and around Kolkata, including New Town and Nayabad.
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday began fresh raids in at least seven places in and around this metropolis in relation to the alleged teachers recruitment scam in the government sponsored across West Bengal, official sources said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) began conducting raids at seven locations in and around Kolkata, following a Calcutta high court order. Seven places were targeted in the raids.
Raids are being held at the residences and offices of those who allegedly acted as middlemen, including Prasanna Roy in the scam.
These middlemen used to collect money and transfer it to various addresses.
Aided by a large number of armed central forces (CRPF), the ED sleuths began search operations at New Town and Nayabad on the eastern fringes of Kolkata.
Roy, accused of a being middleman in the scam for alleged recruitment of the unqualified candidates as his recommendation to the actual recruitment authorities meant the money was transferred for the same, sources added. Roy was arrested from a starred hotel at New Town by the CBI on August 26,2022, was released on bail by a supreme court order.
