School jobs scam|  4 arrested teachers paid Rs 5 lakh each to Kuntal Ghosh  for getting job: CBI

While Kuntal took the money in person, Tapas would accept the money in person as well as Kuntal, it was alleged. The two have already been arrested in the recruitment scam case.

The arrested teachers, who are posted in Nabagram area of Murshidabad district and were sent to jail on Monday, were ineligible for the job, the agency said.

They have been identified as Sougat Mondal, Zahiruddin Sheikh, Saygar Hossain and Simar Hossain.

Their arrest is being seen as significant because as of now only political leaders, government officials and purported agents have been taken in custody in the alleged scam with no arrest of those who received the jobs illegally in exchange for bribes.

The CBI said Saigar paid Rs 6 lakh, Zahiruddin and Sougat Rs 5.5 lakh each and Simar Rs 5 lakh to Kuntal to secure jobs. Bribes were taken in return for jobs from scores of candidates from 2016 to 2022, it added.

Kuntal took a total of Rs 3.13 crore from 71 job seekers most of whom did not get jobs, the officials said.

Meanwhile, the CBI has summoned seven primary school teachers from Bankura district in connection with the probe into the case. The teachers have been asked to appear before the investigators on Wednesday with all the documents regarding their appointment, it is learnt.

The seven, who are posted at Saltora, Onda, Bishnupur, Ranibandh, Taldangra and Sarenga in the district, got appointment letters in 2017 based on the teachers’ eligibility test (TET) conducted in 2014.