Over Recruitment Scam...
Kolkata: On Friday, 8 March, 2024, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) started conducting raids at multiple locations in Kolkata and its neighboring areas.
Areas are searched in connection with its probe into the teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal, officials said.
A five-member ED team was conducting searches at the residence of a former para-teacher, alleged to be a close associate of arrested former state education minister Partha Chatterjee, at Patharghata Mazar Sharif area in New Town adjoining Kolkata, they said.
Searches were also going on at the house of an accountant in Nagerbazar area in the northern part of the city, the officials said.
Probe agency ED searches were conducted in the Rajarhat area at the residences of some businessmen, teachers, and intermediaries allegedly involved in the scam.
The ongoing raids are part of the ED's probe to track the flow of money in the multi-crore scam.
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