Two real estate companies in the city have come under the scanner of the CBI in the probe into alleged irregularities in the regularisation of the services of volunteer teachers in government-aided schools in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) area.
Sources in the central agency said they are trying to find out whether the proceeds of the alleged crime had been invested in these companies.
One of the companies has its office on Prince Anwar Shah Road and the other
on Prince Bakhtiar Shah Road.
CBI sources said they are also probing the alleged nexus between a Trinamul Congress student leader and former minister Partha Chatterjee, during whose tenure
as education minister the alleged irregularities were reported.
Justice Biswajit Basu of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday instructed the CBI to start a suo motu case after receiving several letters alleging that the GTA and its then administrator Binay Tamang, with the assistance of former minister Chatterjee, had appointed 700 to 1,000 employees for schools and civic bodies without following the due process.
Allegations have surfaced that the funds collected from the beneficiaries of irregular recruitments were transported by vehicles by a student leader who is close to
Chatterjee.
“We have also received leads suggesting that a Trinamul Congress councillor from North 24-Parganas, who is known for his proximity to former food minister Jyotipriya Mallick, was involved in the irregularities in the regularisation of the services of volunteer teachers. We are investigating the case from all angles,” a CBI officer said.
Mallick is in jail custody in connection with an Enforcement Directorate investigation into alleged corruption in the public distribution system.
The call details of the persons named in the three complaint letters in regard to the alleged irregularities will be analysed, the officer said.
The Bengal police have also started a case under the prevention of corruption act against Chatterjee and others in connection with the alleged irregularities, based on a complaint from the state education department on Wednesday.
