A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, granted conditional bail to the suspended youth Trinamul Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in January 2023 in connection with the cash-for-school job case.
A spokesperson of the ED said in a press statement on Tuesday that both the accused were produced before the Special Court (PMLA), Ghaziabad on Tuesday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the office of a lottery company owner's office-cum-residence and discovered around Rs 3 crore during a 33-hour raid at Lake Market area.
Sources said that the ED officials, on Friday morning, brought a currency counting machine from a nearby bank branch in order to count the cash recovered.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian for their alleged involvement in facilitating illegal infiltration and human trafficking into India.
Justice Sinha has imposed a penalty of Rs 25 lakhs each on Banerjee and Ghosh
The matter came up for hearing at Justice Sinha's Bench on Friday. Justice Sinha dismissed the plea of the state government on this count and allowed CBI to continue with the probe in the matter.
As per an official, the Maharashtra NCP president has been asked to appear before the probe agency on Friday
ED should provide details of recoveries, properties of Congress leaders: CM Baghel
Kalyani got elected as a BJP legislator in the 2021 state Assembly elections but shifted to ruling Trinamul Congress soon after.
