ED questions Rabri, Tej Pratap in land-for-job case
Lalu Prasad Yadav has been summoned to appear before the ED investigators on Wednesday in the same case.
Charges against Sujay Krishna Bhadra alias ‘kalighat er Kaku’, one of the prime accused in the alleged primary teachers recruitment scam, and five others, former education minister Partha Chatterjee, MLA Manik Bhattacharya and Ayan Sil were framed for trial in the special court of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the city on Monday.
Mr Bhadra was virtually produced before the court today from a premier private hospital along E M Bypass, where he is undergoing treatment and the judge informed him about the sections under which the charges were framed against him.
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Today, the judge asked Mr Bhadra, “Are you guilty or not?” Mr Bhadra responded, “I am not guilty. What are the allegations against me?”
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ED has given evidence to the court showing him involved in the scam, the judge said adding that he is also an accused like the minister Partha Chatterjee and MLA Manik Bhattacharya in the scam.
Mr Bhadra could not appear physically before the court in previous dates of hearings owing to his illness delaying the framing of charge sheet against him.
Today, a hearing in the case was held at the special court because he could not be produced earlier on 2 January, either physically or virtually.
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