College Jobs Rip-off : ED Raids in Hooghly District

The ED carried out raids at totally different areas of the neighbouring Hooghly district on Saturday searching for properties belonging to the arrested and now expelled TMC chief Shantanu Banerjee as a part of its probe into the alleged money for varsity jobs rip-off in West Bengal, an official of the company mentioned.

The ED sleuths had been divided into not less than six groups and raided properties allegedly owned by Shantunu Banerjee at Balagarh, Bandel, Chinsurah and different areas in West Bengal’s Hooghly district from Saturday morning, he mentioned.

”As of now nothing a lot was discovered from contained in the properties belonging to Shantanu. We needed to break open the locks of two flats in Bandel and Chinsurah. The lock on the principle door of a visitor home registered underneath the accused’s identify was additionally damaged,” the official mentioned when contacted.

The ED couldn’t discover something of that important which might assist them in taking the investigation to the following stage, he added.

”The search operations are nonetheless on, It might take a couple of extra hours to be accomplished,” he mentioned.

Banerjee is within the custody of the central probe company. He was expelled from the ruling Trinamool Congress quickly after his arrest by ED.

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The probe physique is investigating the rip-off and have arrested a number of individuals for his or her alleged involvement in irregularities within the recruitment in educating and non-teaching jobs in state-run and aided colleges.

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