The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee to appear before the agency on June 15 in connection with its money laundering probe linked to irregularities in West Bengal's primary teachers' recruitment case.
The ED probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is based on a first information report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pertaining to illegal appointment of primary teachers, offering appointment to undeserving candidates and depriving deserving candidates.
ED has already filed multiple charge sheets against several TMC leaders and former ministers and carried out multiple raids. Officials said that total assets attached under PMLA in the primary teachers recruitment cases stands at ₹154 crore.
The agency suspects that Abhishek Banerjee is a beneficiary of the recruitment scandals in the state. ED had questioned him in 2022 in connection with its probe into money laundering worth ₹1,352 crore in an illegal coal mining case in West Bengal.
