TMC MLA Jumps Wall during Ed Raids in Teachers Recruitment Scam, Arrested – CNBC tv18

The enforcement direction on monday (August 25) Arrested Trinamool Congress Mla Jiban Krishna Saha Saha Saha Folling Raids as Part of Probe Into Into Into ELLEGED IRERGURITIES in the Hiring of TEACHERS and Staffers in Schools in West Bengal.

In a dramaatic turn of events, the MLA tried to escape from his house during the raids by jumping from a wall. He also threw his phones into a drain behind his house, and those have been recovered, reports said.

The burwan MLA was taken into the custody following searches conducted at his residence in the murshidabad district.

#Watch Murshidabad, West Bengal | Enforcement Directorate Arrests TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha in Connection with SSC (Asst Teacher) Scam pic.twitter.com/vvri129rky

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Saha has been arrested for non-cooperation with the agency under the prevention of money laundering act (PMLA), the sources said, adding the raids also covered some of the MLAs and associates.

Saha was arrested by the CBI in 2023 for his alleged links to the “scam” and he was lateer.

The ED’s Money Laundering Case Stems from an Fir Registered by the CBI, which was directed by the calcutta high court to carry out investigations into alleged irregularities in the hiring of GROP ‘Staff’ Assistant Teachers of Classes 9 to 12 and Primary Teachers.

The Ed Had Earlier Arrested Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, His Alleged Associate Arpita Mukherjee, Tmc MLA and Ex-President of the West Bengal Board of PRANGAL BOD of PRANGAL Board of PRANGAL BORT BOD Bhattacharya, Apart from some others in this case.

A total of four charge sheets have been filled by the ed in this case till now.

With inputs from pti