Pre-planned, says BJP as jailed ex-Trinamool leader alleges pressure to name Abhishek Banerjee
1 year, 8 months ago

Pre-planned, says BJP as jailed ex-Trinamool leader alleges pressure to name Abhishek Banerjee

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has said former TMC youth wing leader Kuntal Ghosh, an accused in the West Bengal recruitment scam, was made to accuse the central agencies of torture, during interrogation, in front of the media. On Thursday, Kuntal Ghosh claimed that the central probe agencies were torturing him and are pressuring him to name TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the corruption case. READ | ED files chargesheet against expelled TMC leader Kuntal Ghosh in Bengal jobs case Ghosh, who is currently lodged at Presidency jail in Kolkata, had written a letter to the judge of the CBI special court, alleging that he was being pressured by the central probe agencies to take the name of Abhishek Banerjee during the interrogation. Later, Ghosh reiterated the allegations outside the Alipore court where he was brought for the hearing.“I am being pressurised to name Abhishek Banerjee,” he claimed.

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Bengal school job scam: SC grants bail to ex-TMC youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in CBI case
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Bengal school job scam: SC grants bail to ex-TMC youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in CBI case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to former Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in a CBI case linked to the West Bengal primary school recruitment scam. The bench granted bail to Ghosh and asked him to not leave West Bengal without prior permission of the court or the investigating agency. On November 20, the Calcutta …

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Suspended TMC Leader Kuntal Ghosh In Recruitment Scam Case
1 month ago

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Suspended TMC Leader Kuntal Ghosh In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to suspended Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in the cash-for-jobs recruitment scam case being investigated by the CBI and ED.While Justice Suvra Ghosh granted bail to the accused subject to a bond of Rs 10 lakhs, he will remain in custody in another case being investigated by the CBI.The petitioner stated that …

Kunal Ghosh claims TMC was aware of school recruitment scam even before 2021 Bengal poll
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kunal Ghosh claims TMC was aware of school recruitment scam even before 2021 Bengal poll

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday claimed that Mamata Banerjee-led party was aware of the West Bengal school recruitment scam even before the 2021 assembly elections. Speaking to a Bengali news channel ‘ABP Ananda’, Kunal Ghosh, who was considered close to TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, said, “The party was well aware of the fact that large-scale corruption …

'PerturbED, ScarED': TMC's Abhishek Banerjee Reacts To Fresh ED Summons In Teachers' Recruitment Scam
1 year, 2 months ago

'PerturbED, ScarED': TMC's Abhishek Banerjee Reacts To Fresh ED Summons In Teachers' Recruitment Scam

ABP News  

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday reacted strongly to a fresh summons from the Enforcement Directorate, scheduled for October 3, in connection with the Kolkata school jobs scam. pic.twitter.com/ysAy3qhqOu — Abhishek Banerjee September 28, 2023 Reacting to the development, TMC State General Secretary Kunal Ghosh said that the BJP is scared of Abhishek Banerjee. #WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal …

Probe agency ED summons Abhishek Banerjee in teachers' job scam case on Oct 3
1 year, 2 months ago

Probe agency ED summons Abhishek Banerjee in teachers' job scam case on Oct 3

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday summoned Trinamool Congress leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee to appear for questioning in the teachers' recruitment scam case on October 3. On this day, Banerjee was scheduled to lead TMC's mega protest in Delhi seeking Bengal's dues from the Centre under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Expressing displeasure over the timing of …

Calcutta High Court shields Abhishek Banerjee from arrest in teacher job scam
1 year, 3 months ago

Calcutta High Court shields Abhishek Banerjee from arrest in teacher job scam

India Today  

In a big relief for Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court shielded Banerjee from Enforcement Directorate action in the West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam. The Calcutta High Court, in an order, told the ED that no strong action can be taken against Abhishek Banerjee. The single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh issued an order stating that no …

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in connection with school jobs scam
1 year, 3 months ago

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in connection with school jobs scam

India TV News  

In connection with its probe into the alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning on Wednesday. TMC leader questions ED's date of summoning Earlier on Sunday, TMC general secretary Banerjee claimed that the Enforcement Directorate has served a summon on him to appear before it on September 13, …

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in school jobs scam
1 year, 3 months ago

West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in school jobs scam

India TV News  

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal. Meanwhile, the TMC leader had on Tuesday filed a supplementary affidavit before the Calcutta High Court, claiming that a fresh summons issued to him by the ED, when his revisional application challenging earlier summons by the agency is …

Abhishek Banerjee accuses ED of ‘framing him with false evidence’
1 year, 3 months ago

Abhishek Banerjee accuses ED of ‘framing him with false evidence’

The Hindu  

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on August 28 claimed that the Enforcement Directorate planted false evidence in computers during its recent raids and asserted that no amount of threats would force him to bow his head before the powers in New Delhi. Mr. Banerjee, the TMC national general secretary, said when he was travelling abroad for medical treatment, canards …

SC Refuses To Interfere With CBI, ED Probe Against Abhishek Banerjee In Teacher Recruitment Scam
1 year, 5 months ago

SC Refuses To Interfere With CBI, ED Probe Against Abhishek Banerjee In Teacher Recruitment Scam

ABP News  

New Delhi, Jul 10 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the CBI and Enforcement Directorate probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in the alleged West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, saying it cannot stultify the investigation in the case. On May 26, the top court had stayed the imposition of Rs 25 lakh cost on Banerjee by the …

Bengal SSC Scam Case: ED Summons TMC Youth Chief Saayoni Ghosh For Questioning Again On July 8
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengal SSC Scam Case: ED Summons TMC Youth Chief Saayoni Ghosh For Questioning Again On July 8

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday grilled the Trinamool Youth Congress president Saayoni Ghosh for eleven hours with regard to the West Bengal Teachers' Recruitment Scam and has summoned her again for questioning on July 8. Earlier, the ED issued a summon to Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to appear for questioning on June 13 with regard to the …

ED summons TMC youth wing chief Saayoni Ghosh in school recruitment case
1 year, 5 months ago

ED summons TMC youth wing chief Saayoni Ghosh in school recruitment case

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Trinamool Congress youth wing president Saayoni Ghosh to its Kolkata office on June 30 for questioning in the school recruitment case, people familiar with the matter said. Saayoni Ghosh succeeded TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as state president of the TMC youth wing in June 2021 Ghosh, a Bengali actress with no political …

TMC Youth Chief And Actor Saayoni Ghosh Summoned By ED In Bengal Teachers' Recruitment Scam Case
1 year, 5 months ago

TMC Youth Chief And Actor Saayoni Ghosh Summoned By ED In Bengal Teachers' Recruitment Scam Case

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Trinamool Congress youth state president and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh in connection with the teachers' recruitment scam case in West Bengal, asking her to appear before the agency on June 30 at CGO Complex, Kolkata. We have evidence about Ghosh's involvement in several dealings with one accused arrested in this scam. Earlier this month, the …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Plea Against Calcutta HC Allowing CBI-ED Probe Against Him In Teacher Recruitment Scam
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Plea Against Calcutta HC Allowing CBI-ED Probe Against Him In Teacher Recruitment Scam

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by Trinamool Congress leader leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee against Calcutta High Court's order dismissing his plea to recall an order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay which allowed the CBI and ED to interrogate him in the West Bengal School Job Scam case. Senior Advocate Dr.Abhishek Manu …

‘Won’t be Delhi bosses' pet dog': TMC's Abhishek Banerjee after CBI quizzing in Bengal jobs scam
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Won’t be Delhi bosses' pet dog': TMC's Abhishek Banerjee after CBI quizzing in Bengal jobs scam

Hindustan Times  

After being grilled by the CBI for over nine hours on Saturday in the West Bengal school recruitment scam, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee called it a ‘waste of time’. Banerjee, who happens to bethe nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, added that he was being targeted as he refused to be a ‘pet dog of the …

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before CBI in SSC scam case
1 year, 7 months ago

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before CBI in SSC scam case

Op India  

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and national general secretary of Trinamool Congress continues to face trouble in the ongoing recruitment scam case in West Bengal. #WATCH | TMC National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee arrives at the CBI office in Kolkata, in the Kuntal Ghosh letter case. A letter sent by a deputy superintendent of the CBI to Abhishek Banerjee’s Harish …

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee To Move SC Against HC Order Allowing ED, CBI To Quiz Him In Kuntal Ghosh Letter Case
1 year, 7 months ago

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee To Move SC Against HC Order Allowing ED, CBI To Quiz Him In Kuntal Ghosh Letter Case

ABP News  

TMC National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee will now move the Supreme Court against the order of the Calcutta High Court that allowed the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation to question him in the Kuntal Ghosh letter case. This comes as he arrived at the CBI office on Saturday after on Thursday, the Calcutta High Court had …

TMC leader Abhishek to appear before CBI on Saturday morning in school jobs scam
1 year, 7 months ago

TMC leader Abhishek to appear before CBI on Saturday morning in school jobs scam

Live Mint  

Kolkata, May 20 TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to appear before the CBI at its Kolkata office on Saturday morning, as part of the agency's probe into the school jobs scam. Later on Friday, the TMC leader and nephew of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, had in an impromptu speech delivered from atop his vehicle had also dared the central …

CBI questions TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee for more than 9 hours over school jobs scam
1 year, 7 months ago

CBI questions TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee for more than 9 hours over school jobs scam

India TV News  

Central Bureau of Investigation officers grilled TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in alleged connection with the school jobs scam for more than 9 hours in Kolkata on Saturday. The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, entered the CBI office at 10:58 am and came out at around 8:40 pm, "I don't blame them, as they are acting on orders from …

‘Why can’t you cooperate’: Calcutta high court to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Why can’t you cooperate’: Calcutta high court to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta high court on Monday directed Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to cooperate with investigators looking into large-scale irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in West Bengal. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with her nephew and TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at a programme in Malda on May 4 “Why can’t you cooperate? The Calcutta high court …

SC seeks report from Calcutta HC on judge giving TV interview about pending case
1 year, 8 months ago

SC seeks report from Calcutta HC on judge giving TV interview about pending case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 24 sought a report from the Calcutta High Court on whether one of its judges, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, allegedly gave a TV interview about the pending sensational school job-for-bribe case. On April 17, the Supreme court had stayed the Calcutta High Court’s April 13 order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate …

After Supreme Court relief, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee gets CBI summon
1 year, 8 months ago

After Supreme Court relief, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee gets CBI summon

Live Mint  

With Supreme Court granted interim relief to Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee by staying Calcutta High Court's order on 17 April, the Central Bureau of Investigation sent summon to the TMC leader at 1.45 pm in the cattle-smuggling case. Earlier in the day, the apex court, while agreeing to list Banerjee's plea on April 24, granted interim relief and put …

SC stays CBI, ED probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in school job scam
1 year, 8 months ago

SC stays CBI, ED probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in school job scam

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday has agreed to list Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's plea on April 24 and also granting and interim relief by staying Calcutta High Court's order which directed investigating agencies to question him, till the next date of listing. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B …

CBI, ED should quiz Abhishek Banerjee, says Calcutta HC; TMC reacts
1 year, 8 months ago

CBI, ED should quiz Abhishek Banerjee, says Calcutta HC; TMC reacts

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate should question Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee in the bribe-for-job case, Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay observed on Thursday, according to lawyers who attended the hearing. The judge was hearing a plea filed by expelled TMC youth wing leader Kuntal Ghosh, one of the prime accused, alleging that officers of …

West Bengal: BJP's Sukanta Majumdar goes to court against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee
2 years, 2 months ago

West Bengal: BJP's Sukanta Majumdar goes to court against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee

Firstpost  

Sukanta Majumdar filed a case against the national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress at the Bankshal court on Thursday. The issue pertains to the controversial comments by Abhishek Banerjee following the ‘Nabanna Chalo’ campaign by the BJP Kolkata: Sukanta Majumdar, the president of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has approached the court against Abhishek Banerjee, …

'Govt Scared of TMC's Growth', Says Party Spokesperson Kunal Ghosh as Tripura Police Summons him for Obstructing Govt Work
3 years, 3 months ago

'Govt Scared of TMC's Growth', Says Party Spokesperson Kunal Ghosh as Tripura Police Summons him for Obstructing Govt Work

News 18  

Police summoned Trinamool Congress spokesperson, Kunal Ghosh on Saturday for allegedly obstructing government work in Tripura. A notice was sent to Ghosh in connection with the August 8 incident, when top TMC leaders including Abhishek Banerjee, Dola Sen and West Bengal minister Bratya Basu had visited Khowai police station to release their arrested youth leaders. A case has been registered …

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