SSC rip-off case: ED summons TMC youth wing head Saayoni Ghosh

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a discover to Trinamool Congress youth president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh regarding a academics’ recruitment rip-off case in West Bengal. The ED has requested Saayoni Ghosh to look earlier than the investigating company’s workplace at CGO Complex, Kolkata on Friday, June 30. Saayoni Ghosh might be questioned about some monetary transactions.

When TMC youth wing chief Kuntal Ghosh was beneath investigation, Saayoni Ghosh’s title appeared a number of instances. Therefore, the central company has summoned her.

According to studies, an officer stated, “Ghosh’s name has come up several times during the interrogation of those arrested in the teachers’ recruitment scam case. We have evidence of Ghosh’s involvement in several transactions with one of the accused arrested in this scam. We have asked her (Saayoni Ghosh) to bring some specific documents on Friday.”

Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons Trinamool Congress youth state president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh, in reference to the academics’ recruitment rip-off case in West Bengal, asking her to look earlier than the company on June 30 at CGO Complex, Kolkata.

— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2023

Earlier this month, the ED summoned Trinamool Congress nationwide normal secretary Abhishek Banerjee for questioning concerning the identical rip-off. Former Bengal training minister Partha Chatterjee, his shut pal Arpita Mukherjee and several other senior officers of the training division have been arrested for his or her alleged involvement within the rip-off. Now, a discover has been issued to Saayoni Ghosh on this case.

What is the Bengal Teacher SSC recruitment rip-off?

The West Bengal Teacher’s recruitment rip-off, extra generally known as the SSC rip-off, seems to be into the recruitment course of performed by means of the State Level Selection Test (SLT) performed by SSC from 2014 to 2016.

The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) introduced in 2014 that academics could be employed at state-run faculties in West Bengal by means of the State Level Selection Test (SLST), which is when the alleged rip-off first surfaced. In 2016, the hiring course of received underway. At that point, Partha Chatterjee was the Minister-in-Charge of the West Bengal Department of Higher Education and School Education. Nevertheless, various complaints have been submitted to the Calcutta High Court citing irregularities within the hiring process.

The petitioners alleged that many examinees who received lesser marks ranked excessive on the benefit checklist. Several claims additionally surfaced concerning the receipt of appointment letters by some candidates who weren’t even on the benefit checklist.