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Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned the wife, son and daughter of West Bengal Fire Minister Sujit Bose in connection with its probe into the recruitment scam in state-run municipal bodies. Sources gave this information on Thursday.
The Central Investigation Agency has already searched the house and office of the Minister of State.
This time the minister’s family has been called to the ED office for questioning in the Municipal Corporation recruitment case.
According to sources, he has been called for questioning next week at the ED office located at CGO Complex in Salt Lake area.
All three have been called on different days between Monday and Thursday.
ED has been investigating the Municipal Corporation recruitment scam case for a long time.
Many people including businessman Ayan Sil have been arrested in the case.
Based on the information received from them after investigation, ED officials are gradually getting closer to exposing the scam.
After investigation, Sujit Bose’s name came up in the Municipal Corporation recruitment scam case.
The allegation was that the minister’s name was involved in recruitment corruption in South Dum Dum Municipality.
Last year, ED officials had raided the minister’s house and office.
In October this year, ED officials had again raided the minister’s office.
The ED visited Sujit Bose’s office in Salt Lake, a lawyer’s house in New Alipore and Nagerbazar and councilor Nitai Dutta’s house.
The search operation continued for a long time.
This raid was conducted in two separate cases including municipal recruitment corruption.
Trinamool Congress alleged that the raids were an attempt to malign the party’s image ahead of the state assembly elections next year.
State Trinamool Congress general secretary Kunal Ghosh said, “Whenever elections knock at the door, central investigating agencies become active. They start raids and take action against Trinamool Congress leaders. The BJP-led central government misuses central agencies to gain political mileage.”
–IANS
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