Judicial custody of Partha Chatterjee extended for another 14 days

Kolkata, Nov 1: A Special CBI Court on Monday (Oct 31) extended judicial custody of West Bengal former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee along with ex-officials for 14 days in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) Scam.

 

 

 

 

The former state education minister was produced in the CBI court, Alipore in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission Scam. The court rejected the application for a virtual appearance of Partha Chatterjee and ordered his physical presence today. On Monday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a charge sheet against 12 people including the former chairman of West Bengal Central School Service Commission (WBCSSC) Subiresh Bhattachary in connection with the alleged illegal appointment of assistant teachers.

 

 

 

 

 

According to CBI officials, the agency, in its charge sheet also named a former assistant secretary of the WBCSSC, an ex-advisor, two former programme officers of the commission, and six others in the charge-sheet submitted before Alipore special judge. The accused in the charge sheet were identified as Santi Prasad Sinha, Ashok Kr Saha, Kalyanmoy Ganguly, Parna Bose, Samarjit Acharya, Prasanna Kumar Roy, Pradip Singh, Jnui Das, Md Azad Ali Mirza, Imam Momin, and Rohit Kumar Jha.

 

 

However, Sanjay Das Gupta, Counsel for Santi Prasad Sinha in the case argued for bail of the accused mentioned in the CBI's charge sheet before the Court. As per the reports of ANI, Sanjay Das said, "The accused produced in the Court today following the Court's order for physical appearance." Asked about CBI's plea seeking custody of the accused, Sanjay Das said, "As per CBI, there is a larger conspiracy and the investigation will be hampered if the accused are released."