CBI arrests ex-chief of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

CBI on Thursday arrested Kalyanmoy Ganguly, former President of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in an on-going investigation of a case. It was alleged that the accused extended undue advantage and in conspiracy with others had facilitated illegal appointments to the undeserving and unlisted candidates to the post of Group-C staff in various schools across the State.Ganguly was questioned for around six hours before being arrested, officials said. The CBI had on May 21 filed an FIR against Ganguly following a recommendation from a high court-appointed committee headed by a retired judge.CBI officers said Shantipada Sinha, who was chairman of the advisory committee of the school service commission (SSC), allegedly handed fake recommendation letters for appointment to Ganguly when he was president of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Ganguly allegedly gave instructions to the technical officer of the board to prepare appointment letters based on those recommendations.“The recommendation letters were not sent to the appointment section of the board of secondary education, in violation of rules. Nor were the names of the candidates notified on the website for verification of testimonials or for collection of appointment letters,” said CBI

.The agency had on August 10 arrested Sinha and a former secretary of the SSC, Ashok Saha, in connection with the alleged irregularities. The CBI, which is probing the multi-crore job scam in Bengal, has registered FIRs under non-bailable sections against Sinha, Saha and three other officers, including Kalyanmoy Ganguly, Soumitra Sarkar, and Samarjit Acharya in the alleged scam.The Calcutta High Court had ordered the probe agency to file the FIR in connection with a case of alleged illegal appointment of Paresh's daughter as a teacher in a state government-aided school. The father-daughter duo was booked under IPC sections 420 (cheating and dishonesty) and 120B (criminal conspiracy), besides sections under the Prevention of Corruption Act.