School jobs scam: CBI summons Abhishek Banerjee

Fri, 19 May 2023

16:24

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation to appear at its Kolkata office on Saturday as part of the probe it is conducting into the school jobs scam.

Officials said Banerjee had been sent a missive asking him to join the probe at its offices at Nizam Palace in Kolkata.

Earlier, on Thursday, Calcutta high court had dismissed a petition filed by Banerjee seeking recall of a previous order of the court which said that investigative agencies such as CBI and Enforcement Directorate could interrogate him in the teacher recruitment scam.

The TMC leader's name cropped up in a complaint filed by Kuntal Ghosh, an accused in the scam, who alleged that he was being pressured by central investigating agencies to name Abhishek Banerjee in the recruitment case. -- PTI

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