Bengal official asked to appear before CBI in school jobs scam case again

The CBI on Wednesday summoned principal secretary of West Bengal school education department Manish Jain to again appear before its officers for questioning in connection with their ongoing probe into the alleged irregularities in recruitment in state government jobs, a source said. The official, who had appeared before the CBI on June 15 in the same case, has been asked to reach the central probe agency's Kolkata office on Friday morning.

"Jain was questioned for nearly six hours during his last appearance. The officers, however, are not satisfied with his replies and hence decided to question him again," the source told PTI.

It will be Jain's third appearance before the probe agency in the same case.


The bureaucrat was questioned for more than five hours during his first appearance at the CBI office last year.