Ex-Congress MLA Kiki Dhillon appears before ED in money-laundering case

The summons were delivered at Banerjee’s Kalighat area residence. Officials said that the leader has been asked to appear at its Kolkata zonal office.

ED’s prevention of money laundering act (PMLA) probe in the matter, ongoing since 2022, is based on Central bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR pertaining to illegal appointment of primary teachers, offering appointment to the undeserving, non-listed and below ranked candidates and depriving the deserving and genuine candidates without maintaining fairness, in criminal conspiracy with each other by flouting the relevant rules. The FIR was registered by the CBI on the May 2022 directions of the Calcutta High Court.

In May 2022, Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordered CBI to probe the appointment of non-teaching staff (Group C and D) and teaching staff by the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education between 2014 and 2021. The appointees allegedly paid bribes in the range of ₹5-15 lakh to get jobs after failing the selection tests.