HC directs CBI to interrogate Bengal minister over appointment of daughter as instructor

By PTI

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed West Bengal Minister of State for Education Paresh Chandra Adhikari to seem earlier than the CBI right here over alleged appointment of his daughter as a instructor in a state government-aided faculty in Cooch Behar district.

The order was handed on a petition by a candidate who claimed that she was disadvantaged of the job regardless of having secured increased marks than the minister’s daughter within the recruitment examination for lecturers.

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed the minister to seem earlier than the CBI authorities in Kolkata by Tuesday night.

Adhikari, who was in Cooch Behar, informed reporters that he has left for Kolkata alongside together with his daughter following the excessive courtroom order.

The minister is an MLA from Mekhliganj constituency in Cooch Behar.

The courtroom directed the CBI to file a report on the matter on May 7, when will probably be taken up for listening to once more.

The petitioner’s lawyer Firdous Shamim claimed that she had secured 77 marks within the examination whereas the minister’s daughter acquired 61, and that her title didn’t determine within the advantage checklist, however had been given appointment as a instructor depriving the petitioner Babita Sarkar.

Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier on 4 events ordered CBI inquiry in reference to alleged irregularities in appointments of educating and non-teaching employees in state government-aided faculties.