Kolkata, 1 September (H.S.): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to widen its probe into the alleged teacher recruitment scam by examining the bank accounts of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Jeevankrishna Saha’s family members. According to sources, the agency will conduct forensic analysis and financial scrutiny of these accounts to trace the extent of illegal monetary transactions linked to the scam.

ED officials said the investigation will no longer remain confined to the legislator alone. The accounts of his wife Tagori Saha, father Bishwanath Saha, other close relatives, and even the family’s driver will be put under the scanner. Experts will be roped in to differentiate between legitimate and illicit financial flows.

Last week, the MLA from Burwan in Murshidabad was arrested by the ED in connection with the recruitment scam and is currently in judicial custody. Investigators allege that Saha had sent a list of 75 candidates to then-SSC official Shantiprasad Singh, some of whom secured jobs illegally. Each candidate allegedly paid up to ₹7 lakh, which was routed through intermediaries to officials.

So far, the ED has claimed to have seized assets worth ₹238 crore in connection with irregularities in the recruitment of teachers for classes 9, 10, and 11-12. The agency has also identified several rural bank accounts linked to Saha and his associates where suspicious transactions were recorded.

ED officials believe that the forensic probe of these bank accounts will reveal the exact amount of illegal funds collected through the scam and how they were subsequently transferred or laundered.

Hindusthan Samachar / Satya Prakash Singh