Bengal school job case: Calcutta HC asks ED, CBI officials to explain their reports

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the CBI and ED officials probing the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal to give explanation on a prior report submitted on the property details of the directors of a company linked to a prime accused in the case Sujay Krishna Bhadra.

A single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha observed that since certain parts of the report are not quite clear, she would like to hear the explanations from the investigation officials of both CBI and ED. The matter will be heard again after 4.15 p.m.

Justice Sinha has also raised questions about the report submitted by the ED on the property details of a Bengal silver-screen actor on this count.


Incidentally, the day ED submitted its report about the property of this Tollywod actor in a sealed envelope last week, Justice Sinha expressed astonishment over the name of just one actor mentioned on this count. "You have got just one name now. But in its previous report ED made many claims," Justice Sinha had observed.

The ED counsel argued that since the collection of data is time consuming, they need some more time in the matter. She first talked to the counsels for the central agencies in the matter and then decided to summon the central agency officials to get explanations on the report directly from them.

To recall, on September 14, the court directed the ED to furnish the property details of the directors of a company linked to Sujay Krishna Bhadra.

Accordingly, the ED sleuths submitted a report on this count to her bench on September 21.