Calcutta High Court rejects Abhishek Banerjee's plea on not being included in teacher recruitment scam probe questioning
The Hindu
The Calcutta High Court on May 18 dismissed a petition filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking recall of a previous order of the same court which said that investigative agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) could interrogate him in the teacher recruitment scam.
The Calcutta High Court on May 18 dismissed a petition filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking recall of a previous order of the same court which said that investigative agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) could interrogate him in the teacher recruitment scam.
Justice Amrita Sinha, while dismissing the petition, imposed a penalty of ₹25 lakh on him and also a similar amount on Kuntal Ghosh, an accused in the scam.
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Ghosh is now in CBI custody in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided schools.
With the dismissal of the plea to recall the previous Calcutta High Court order, the CBI and ED may, if they so wish, interrogate Abhishek, also the nephew of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, in connection with their probe into the teacher recruitment case.
The TMC leader's name cropped up in a complaint filed by Ghosh, who alleged in it, that he was being pressured by Central investigating agencies to name Abhishek Banerjee in the recruitment case.
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, in his order on April 13, said that accused Kuntal Ghosh could be questioned by the Central agencies along with Abhishek Banerjee.
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