ED attaches assets worth over Rs 365 cr in school jobs case

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 365 crore till now as part of its two separate money laundering investigations linked to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers for government schools in West Bengal.

The central agency said it has issued a latest order under the anti-money laundering law to attach over Rs 230 crore of a former adviser of the West Bengal School Service Commission and an alleged middleman in connection with the assistant teachers recruitment ‘scam’ in the state.

A provisional order has been issued under the PMLA to attach land parcels and a flat held in the name of former adviser Santi Prasad Sinha and Prasanna Kumar Roy, the “main middleman”, who was allegedly involved in the collection of money and details from the candidates. These assets are also in the name of some companies and LLPs (limited liability partnerships) controlled by the two, it said in a statement. The two were arrested by the ED in (assistant teachers recruitment) case and they are currently lodged in jail.