Last Updated: April 26, 2023, 09:12 IST
In the brand new Rs 200 crore rip-off, the ED stated unlawful appointments have been made in numerous municipalities of Kanchrapara, New Barackpur, Kamarhati, Titagarh, Baranagar, Halisahar, South Dum Dum, Dum Dum and Taki. (Representative Image)
The ED whereas probing this case additional discovered hyperlinks of one of the accused, Ayan Sil, to a different rip-off in recruitments in numerous municipalities in West Bengal. Sil has revealed to the ED that Rs 200 crore has been collected from candidates in the identical
Around Rs 250 crore was generated by numerous accused like former West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee and his shut aide Arpita Mukherjee within the major academics’ recruitment rip-off. The quantity might go as much as Rs 500 crore as extra revelations are being made day-to-day, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe has discovered.
The ED whereas probing this case additional discovered hyperlinks of one of the accused, Ayan Sil, to a different rip-off in recruitments in numerous municipalities in West Bengal. Sil has revealed to the ED that Rs 200 crore has been collected from candidates in the identical. All of that is talked about within the standing report of ED submitted earlier than the High Court on April 21, following which the CBI has now lodged a contemporary case within the municipality recruitment rip-off in West Bengal.
“Investigation has revealed that proceeds of crime to the tune of Rs 250 crore has been generated by various accused persons in the primary teachers’ recruitment scam and it has been further utilised for personal use or siphoned off or invested in movable or immovable properties. Investigation has further revealed that the proceeds of crime have also been invested by some of the accused persons in the Bengali film industry Tollywood and efforts are on to identify the same,” the ED standing report earlier than the courtroom says.
Importantly, the ED in its standing report additional stated the proceeds of crime being generated by numerous individuals concerned within the case “is only increasing day by day and is likely to double the amount already identified.” It says the overall seizure and attachment out of the generated proceeds of crime stands at Rs 111 crore up to now.
The CBI and ED have arrested former West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee, TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya, Kuntal Ghosh, Santanu Bhattacharya and Ayan Sil on this case.
The New Rs 200 Cr Scam
ED says throughout searches on Ayan Sil’s premises on March 19-20 this yr, paperwork have been recovered which reveal that the rip-off will not be restricted to the recruitment of academics but additionally lined a number of appointments by the assorted municipalities. “The interrogation of Ayan Sil revealed that an amount of Rs 200 crore has been collected from candidates towards giving them illegal appointments in various municipalities of West Bengal,” the ED has talked about. All this kinds half of the FIR lodged by the CBI.
Importantly, the ED says political leaders are additionally concerned within the new rip-off as Ayan Sil “and other high functionaries including public servants and political leaders hatched the criminal conspiracy among themselves including private persons.” Sil, who was the Director of ABS Infozone Pvt Ltd, was accountable for printing, designing and analysis of OMR sheets of candidates and manipulated the identical to facilitate the unlawful appointments.
“It has been noticed that several persons including Ayan Sil, other agents and political persons have obtained the bribe money both in the illegal recruitment of teachers in the education sector as well as for securing various employments in various municipalities…and even the proceeds of crime of Teachers Recruitment Scam and Municipality Recruitment Scam have got intermingled on account of common agents and common beneficiaries,” the ED has talked about. ED requested the CBI to step in and lodge an FIR relating to the most recent rip-off too because the “victim in both the cases is the same — public or common people at large.”
According to the ED, the unlawful appointments have been made in numerous municipalities like Kanchrapara, New Barackpur, Kamarhati, Titagarh, Baranagar, Halisahar, South Dum Dum, Dum Dum, Taki and so forth and ranges from recruitment of mazdoors, sweepers, clerks, peons, ambulance attendants, pump operators, helpers, sanitary assistants, drivers and assistant mistries.
The CBI on April 22 lodged an FIR towards Ayan Sil and different unidentified individuals.
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