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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee has filed an application to reconsider the order allowing ED and CBI to interrogate him in the teacher recruitment scam.
The Calcutta High Court has rejected the plea of Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, to reconsider its order allowing the ED and CBI to interrogate him in the teacher recruitment scam. Along with this, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs 25 lakh on Abhishek.
Justice Amrita Sinha declined to consider the High Court’s decision.
The High Court had prohibited CBI-ED officers from registering FIRs
On April 13, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court ordered that central agencies like the ED and the CBI can interrogate Abhishek if needed. Also said that this investigation should be done soon. The High Court had also directed the Bengal Police not to register any FIR against the CBI and ED officers probing the matter.
Kuntal Ghosh was arrested by the ED and was given their custody. After this, he was sent to CBI custody from 20 February to 23 February.
Abhishek Banerjee made 2 allegations
1. Being pressurized to take my name in the scam
On March 29, Abhishek Banerjee had said that people in the custody of agencies are being pressurized to take my name in the scam. Kuntal Ghosh, another accused in this case, had also alleged that he was being pressurized to name Abhishek Banerjee.
Kuntal Ghosh had also written a letter to the trial court judge against the CBI regarding his allegations. On this, the Calcutta High Court had said that it would have to be investigated whether Ghosh had said his words after being influenced by Abhishek Banerjee’s speech. In such a situation, CBI-ED can interrogate Abhishek whenever it wants.
2. Told the Supreme Court – I do not like the judge who ordered the inquiry
Banerjee had said in a petition filed in the Supreme Court that Judge Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court did not like her. He had expressed his displeasure in an interview given to a news channel in September last year. Banerjee also said that Justice Gangopadhyay had commented on the judges of the Supreme Court hearing the case in the open court that the judges of the Supreme Court can do whatever they want? Is it landlordism?
what is teacher recruitment scam
Stack of Rs 2000 and Rs 500 notes seized from the house of Arpita, a close aide of Partha Chatterjee. ED machine had to be called to count them.
This scam happened in Bengal is of 2014. Then the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) took out the recruitment of teachers in government schools. The process started in 2016. Partha Chatterjee was the education minister at that time. Several complaints of irregularities in this matter were filed in the Calcutta High Court.
The petitioners alleged that the candidates whose marks were less were placed at the top of the merit list. Some candidates were given jobs even though their names were not there in the merit list. Such people were also given jobs, who did not even pass the TET exam.
The CBI had presented the first charge sheet on September 30 last year. It contained the names of 16 people including former education minister Partha Chatterjee. ED had arrested Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee. Parth is in jail since 23 July 2022, his bail pleas have been rejected.
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