After questioning 65 hrs, CBI arrests TMC MLA Saha in teacher's recruitment scam

The TMC MLA threw two mobile phones in a pond adjacent to his residence during the CBI raid and one of them had been recovered by the CBI.

Murshidabad (West Bengal): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Burwan MLA Jiban Krishna Saha after questioning him for 65 hours in the teachers' recruitment scam in the state school education department.

Sources say that he was arrested in the early hours of Monday at 5 am. A huge convoy of CBI officials reached his place at 2.30 am following which he was taken away by the officials. Earlier on Sunday, the investigating officers recovered one of the two mobile phones of the TMC MLA which he had thrown in a pond adjacent to his residence on Friday while he was being raided.

The central investigating agency landed at the legislator's Burwan residence on Friday to search his place for proceeds in connection with the recruitment scam. During the search operation, water was pumped out of the pond. The CBI also took help from the local people of the area and recovered one of the phones at 7.30 am Sunday morning.

On Saturday, the CBI recovered six bags containing several mark sheets, hard disks, details of monetary transactions, from the forest area behind Saha's residence. Earlier on Friday noon, CBI officers raided a construction site in New Town area and questioned several people. The operation at the construction site lasted late into night.

TMC leaders are being probed for their involvement in the job scam case ever since former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate last year along with his aide Arpita Mukherjee.