Teachers' scam: ED attaches Rs 7.93 crore properties of Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya

A day after presenting charge sheet against Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya, Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached movable properties worth Rs 7.93 Crore in 61 accounts and mutual funds belonging to Bhattacharya and his family members in the Primary recruitment scam in Bengal.
The provisionally attached movable properties, which are in the form of bank balance in 61 accounts and mutual funds belonging to Manik Bhattacharya and his family members, ED officials said.

“A number of attached bank accounts were kept in the name of friends and relatives of Manik Bhattacharya who were induced by him and his family members to open the same to avoid detection by law enforcement authorities.


One such account used for money laundering activities was found existing in the name of Satarupa Bhattacharya, wife of Manik Bhattacharya and late Mrityunjay Chatterjee who had passed away in 2016,” an ED statement said.

The central agency had arrested Trinamool Palashipara MLA Manik Bhattacharya, who was also former President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, in connection with the teachers recruitment scam in the state on October 10 due to “his active and direct involvement in the offence of money laundering and his continuous non-cooperation towards the PMLA investigation.”

Manik Bhattacharya is still under judicial custody.

“ED has already seized cash amounting to a total of Rs 49.80 crore and gold and jewellery, more than Rs. 5.08 crore and provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 48.22 crore in this recruitment scam. The total seizure and attachment after the latest attachment stands at Rs. 111 crore,” ED statement said.