The CBI has summoned Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee for his alleged involvement in the teacher recruitment scam on the same day that the Supreme Court stayed a Calcutta High Court order calling for probe by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Banerjee, in relation to the case.
The scam related to the recruitment in state-run and-aided schools is being probed by the central probe agencies on the instructions of the Calcutta High Court, an official said.
"These persons had acted as conduits between other accused and job aspirants. They collected money from candidates by promising them jobs as primary teachers in the 2016 recruitment process," the official added.
"List on April 24, 2023. Till the next date of listing there shall be stay on all action against petitioner in relation the directions passed in impugned order," the court said according to a report by Bar and Bench.
Meanwhile, the CBI on Saturday continued questioning Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha and search operations at multiple places, including premises of the lawmaker and other party leaders, in West Bengal in connection with its probe into the school job scam case, an official said.
CBI officers also conducted searches in six locations, including those of the chairperson of a trust having B.Ed and D.El.Ed colleges and the premises of another person, in Kolkata, Purba Medinipur and Birbhum districts, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
