CBI Gathers Voice Samples from Two Suspects in Bengal School Jobs Scandal
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Kolkata, Dec 4 (NationPress) On Wednesday, officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) collected the voice samples of Santanu Bandopadhyay and Santu Gangopadhyay, who are both accused in the significant cash-for-school-job scandal in West Bengal.
The two individuals were presented at a special court in Kolkata on Monday, after which their voice samples were obtained in the presence of a judicial magistrate.
The CBI is set to compare these samples with audio recordings of their conversations retrieved from their mobile devices.
Bandopadhyay is an expelled leader of the Trinamool Congress, while Gangopadhyay is a private promoter closely associated with Partha Chatterjee, the former West Bengal Education Minister and current secretary general of Trinamool Congress, who is also in judicial custody related to this case.
Last year, Bandopadhyay was detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is also investigating the school job scandal. Last month, Gangopadhyay was arrested by CBI officials in connection with the same investigation.
According to sources, if the voice samples align with the audio clips obtained by the investigators, it could introduce a new aspect to the ongoing probe.
Presently, both Bandopadhyay and Gangopadhyay remain in judicial custody.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India reserved its decision regarding the bail application for Partha Chatterjee in this matter.
On Tuesday, the ED submitted its fifth supplementary chargesheet in the school job case.
The recent chargesheet identifies 29 individuals and corporate entities under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2020 before a special PMLA court located in Kolkata.
Sources have indicated that the companies listed in this latest chargesheet are linked to the former Education Minister, Partha Chatterjee.
These companies have been under scrutiny by ED officials for some time, as they were suspected of being shell companies established to launder funds generated from the school job scandal.
The latest chargesheet also mentions another notable corporate entity associated with Sujay Krishna Bhadra, a key suspect in the school jobs case.
