CBI seizes cash of Rs 50 lakh, list of 1,500 aspirants during searches at WBCSSC ex-advisor's premises

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday recovered Rs 50 Lakh, 1.5kg gold and list of 1500 candidate's list from the apartment of former advisor of West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) Santi Prasad Sinha's house in South Kolkata's Santoshpur, following a tip off. Sinha is in judicial custody at present. The central agency had conducted a raid as part of its ongoing investigation in connection with the WBSSC recruitment scam.

"The CBI has conducted searches at Kolkata in an on-going investigation of a case which led to recovery of Rs. 50 lakh (approx.), 1.5 kilogram gold and a list of around 1500 candidates and property documents. The said premise was allegedly purchased by then Advisor of West Bengal Central School Service Commission and his wife in the name of another person," the agency said in a statement.

The said case (WBSSC recruitment probe) was registered on the orders of Calcutta High Court against former Minister-in-charge under Department of School Education of West Bengal Government & others on the allegations of illegal appointment of XI and XII Assistant Teacher's recruitment, agency sources said.


"It was alleged that the former Advisor of West Bengal Central School Service Commission was part of the network which was involved in illegally accommodating undeserving candidates for appointment in SSC scam cases," people in the know said.

Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested on July 23, 2022 by the Directorate of Enforcement while Santi Prasad Sinha, former advisor at WBSSC, was arrested by CBI in August last year.