INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said searches conducted in the past two days in Kolkata found alleged links of
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew, with a company involved in laundering the proceeds of crime in the
teachers' recruitment scam."During the search operations, various incriminating documents and digital evidence were seized
One of the accused, Sujay Krishna Bhadra, was the chief operating officer of Leaps and Bounds Pvt Ltd, a company used for making dubious
transactions running into crores of rupees," the ED said.Further, the agency said its investigation found that Abhishek was the chief
executive officer of Leaps and Bounds Pvt Ltd and had also served as a director in the company from April 2012 to January 2014.The ED
arrested Bhadra on May 30 and a chargesheet was filed against him with details of the alleged conspiracy and involvement of TMC leaders
Abhishek failed to get any concession from the Supreme Court against the ED probe when he appealed for stalling the investigation.The
anti-money laundering agency has so far arrested seven people in the teachers' recruitment scam, including former education minister Partha
Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee, Manik Bhattacharya, TMC MLA and ex-president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education Kuntal Ghosh, Santanu
Banerjee and Ayan Sil.The ED conducted searches at three premises in Kolkata linked to Bhadra on Monday and Tuesday
He was the COO of Leaps and Bounds Pvt Ltd between April 2012 and March 2016, coinciding with Abhishek's term as CEO and director till
2014.The agency has filed four chargesheets in the teachers' recruitment scam case, including one against Bhadra on July 28
A special PMLA court has also taken cognisance of the supplementary chargesheet after finding a prima facie case against the accused, the
The ED attached assets worth Rs 126 crore in the case
