Justice Joymalya Bagchi of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the CBI to immediately probe the alleged transaction of money in illegal appointment of school teachers.
A bail petition moved by former state secondary education board president Kalyanmoy Ganguly came up for hearing on Wednesday before the division bench headed by Justice Bagchi.
After an hour-long hearing, the bench postponed the hearing of the case till Thursday.
During the hearing, Justice Bagchi said “there must have been” monetary transactions during the illegal appointment of teachers and asked the CBI to start investigating the alleged financial transactions immediately.
“Unless the investigation into the financial transaction part of the case progresses, the court cannot grant bail to the accused,” the judge said.
The lawyer who appeared for Ganguly submitted that since the inquiry into the case by the CBI had ended, there was no need to keep his client behind bars. Opposing the prayer, CBI counsel said teachers were appointed illegally against payment and the sleuths were identifying the beneficiaries.
Fake call centre busted in New Town
Three men were arrested from a call centre in New Town on Wednesday for allegedly duping US nationals by promising them admission to top colleges.
Brothers Anupam and Nirupam Kedia, who used to run the call centre from New Town’s Synergy Building, and “operations manager” Amar Bahadur Singh were arrested, police said. The three were produced before court. The Kedias were remanded in police custody for four days and Singh in jail custody for 14 days.
Snehal Sengupta