Kolkata, March 7 (NationPress) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detectives looking into the cash-for-school-job scandal in West Bengal have uncovered clear evidence of how the orchestrators transformed it into a dual source of profit.

According to sources, the initial phase of payments made by unqualified candidates was aimed at ensuring their inclusion on the list of selected candidates for appointments. The subsequent phase of payments involved these ineligible candidates who sought preferred postings near their homes.

In this manner, several of these unqualified candidates turned into a dual income stream for the alleged masterminds behind the scam. Nevertheless, the sum paid for these preferred placements was significantly lower than that paid for securing an appointment, generally amounting to about 10 percent of the bribe for obtaining the job.

Simultaneously, sources noted that any current teaching or non-teaching personnel stationed at schools far from their residences for an extended period also had to pay a fee to get transferred to schools closer to home.

This bribe amount fluctuated based on how close the new postings were to the candidates' residences; the nearer the postings, the higher the bribe amounts.

CBI insiders reported that the school job investigation has numerous scattered points of interest, complicating the process for investigators to consolidate them. “This is precisely why the investigation is taking longer than expected,” they stated.

Moreover, sources indicated that the reports submitted by the Central agency have established that while the former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary-General Partha Chatterjee was the “primary active” mastermind of the entire scheme, the co-accused, Sujay Krishna Bhadra, served as the “chief active” intermediary within the network.

The remaining individuals mentioned as accused in the CBI's charge sheet at the special court in Kolkata were merely secondary figures to Chatterjee and Bhadra.