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KOLKATA: Former Minister of Education of Bengal Partha Chatterjee and former West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) chairman Kalyanmoy Ganguly, both charged with the alleged government school jobs scam, were remanded in custody until September 21 on Friday .
The central agency told the court that 400 recommendations for appointments of non-teaching staff in public primary schools came from Chatterjee, who was the “mastermind of the scam”.
Shortly after Additional District Judge Saikh Kamal Uddin denied Chatterjee’s bail request and issued the order in the afternoon, the CBI took Chatterjee and Ganguly from the Alipore Court Jail. to his seat at Nizam’s Palace for questioning.
The CBI, investigating alleged irregularities in the appointments of teachers and non-teaching staff, had requested custody of Chatterjee for questioning, based on recorded statements from two School Services Commission (SSC) officials: former adviser Santi Prasad Sinha and former secretary Ashok Kumar Saha, both in their custody.
The CBI lawyer said he wanted to interview Chatterjee alongside Ganguly, Sinha and Saha. He also told the court that Chatterjee had formed a bond with a section of SSC officials and other influential people, saying interviewing Chatterjee was crucial for investigators to identify and apprehend other influential people involved.
Didn’t sign any letters personally: WBBSE alumnus President
Former education minister Partha Chatterjee’s lawyer, Sk Salim Rahman, argued that the CBI’s argument – questioning Chatterjee was crucial to their investigation – was a ploy to keep his client in custody, because it was possible that he would be released on bail by the law enforcement department. (ED) custody for 60 days.
Rahman maintained that the SSC and the main ETT were two autonomous organs and that Chatterjee did not interfere with their functioning.
Chatterjee scribbled in a notebook while his lawyer made his presentation. Later, he requested permission from the court to file a petition and requested bail for health reasons. “I am very ill. I have to take 28 medications a day. Please grant me bail on terms that you can decide,” he said. Chatterjee also informed the court that he was a student of the Ramakrishna Mission, in addition to holding an MBA and a Ph.D. “I come from a respectable, educated family. My parents and relatives are very educated,” he said, indicating he would not avoid questioning if released on bail.
Former WBBSE president Kalyanmoy Ganguly told the court that the signatures on the recruitment letters were all scanned signatures. “I didn’t personally sign any of them. I didn’t take a written candidate test, or interview them,” Ganguly said. The Calcutta High Court-appointed committee, headed by retired High Court Judge Ranjit Kumar Bag, had previously named Ganguly in its court report. The committee had pointed out that Ganguly, as president of WBBSE, had ordered program officers Samarjit Acharya and Parna Bose to prepare “fake appointment letters”. The commission had also recommended that he be prosecuted under the articles relating to fraud, counterfeiting and criminal association.
The central agency told the court that 400 recommendations for appointments of non-teaching staff in public primary schools came from Chatterjee, who was the “mastermind of the scam”.
Shortly after Additional District Judge Saikh Kamal Uddin denied Chatterjee’s bail request and issued the order in the afternoon, the CBI took Chatterjee and Ganguly from the Alipore Court Jail. to his seat at Nizam’s Palace for questioning.
The CBI, investigating alleged irregularities in the appointments of teachers and non-teaching staff, had requested custody of Chatterjee for questioning, based on recorded statements from two School Services Commission (SSC) officials: former adviser Santi Prasad Sinha and former secretary Ashok Kumar Saha, both in their custody.
The CBI lawyer said he wanted to interview Chatterjee alongside Ganguly, Sinha and Saha. He also told the court that Chatterjee had formed a bond with a section of SSC officials and other influential people, saying interviewing Chatterjee was crucial for investigators to identify and apprehend other influential people involved.
Didn’t sign any letters personally: WBBSE alumnus President
Former education minister Partha Chatterjee’s lawyer, Sk Salim Rahman, argued that the CBI’s argument – questioning Chatterjee was crucial to their investigation – was a ploy to keep his client in custody, because it was possible that he would be released on bail by the law enforcement department. (ED) custody for 60 days.
Rahman maintained that the SSC and the main ETT were two autonomous organs and that Chatterjee did not interfere with their functioning.
Chatterjee scribbled in a notebook while his lawyer made his presentation. Later, he requested permission from the court to file a petition and requested bail for health reasons. “I am very ill. I have to take 28 medications a day. Please grant me bail on terms that you can decide,” he said. Chatterjee also informed the court that he was a student of the Ramakrishna Mission, in addition to holding an MBA and a Ph.D. “I come from a respectable, educated family. My parents and relatives are very educated,” he said, indicating he would not avoid questioning if released on bail.
Former WBBSE president Kalyanmoy Ganguly told the court that the signatures on the recruitment letters were all scanned signatures. “I didn’t personally sign any of them. I didn’t take a written candidate test, or interview them,” Ganguly said. The Calcutta High Court-appointed committee, headed by retired High Court Judge Ranjit Kumar Bag, had previously named Ganguly in its court report. The committee had pointed out that Ganguly, as president of WBBSE, had ordered program officers Samarjit Acharya and Parna Bose to prepare “fake appointment letters”. The commission had also recommended that he be prosecuted under the articles relating to fraud, counterfeiting and criminal association.
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