Kolkata (West Bengal) : Former chairman of West Bengal Board of Primary Education and TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya was arrested on Tuesday. He was arrested today after being questioned overnight by Enforcement Directorate on the School Service Commission (SSC) scam. He will be produced before the Court today. He is the MLA of Palashipara in Nadia district.
Bhattacharya has been arrested for his continued non-cooperating with the investigators during questioning, which began on Monday afternoon. He also tried to misdirect the investigators," an ED officer told PTI.
Earlier, the Supreme Court granted Bhattacharya "protection" from being arrested by the CBI, which is also investigating the case. The ED is tracking the money trail in the scam, while the CBI is looking into the alleged irregularities committed in the recruitment.
It is alleged that several people who fared poorly in the recruitment examinations were hired as teachers in exchange for lakhs of rupees, while the eligible candidates were overlooked. In July, the ED arrested former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam. (PTI)
