The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has served summons to Trinamool Congress' (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, asking him to appear before it on June 15 in connection with its money laundering probe in the primary teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal.
The ED's prevention of money laundering act (PMLA) probe, ongoing since 2022, is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR pertaining to the illegal appointment of primary teachers, offering appointments to undeserving candidates, and depriving deserving candidates without maintaining fairness.
The CBI FIR was registered in May 2022, following directions from the Calcutta High Court. The ED has already filed multiple charge sheets against several TMC leaders and former ministers, including Chandranath Sinha and Partha Chatterjee.
Assets worth ₹154 crore have been attached under PMLA in the primary teachers recruitment cases, while properties worth ₹486 crore have been attached in related cases. The ED suspects that Abhishek Banerjee is a beneficiary of the recruitment scams in the state.
