The Hon’ble Special Court (PMLA), Calcutta has received a Supplementary Prosecution Complaint from the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) against six accused individuals and entities, including Manik Bhattacharya, MLA, TMC and the Ex-President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, Souvik Bhattacharya, Smt. Satarupa Bhattacharya, M/s Acuere Consultancy Services, M/s Educlasses Online, and
After determining that a primafacie case has been made out against the newly added 6 accused individuals, the Hon’ble Special Court, Calcutta, has taken cognizance of the money laundering offence in the aforementioned Supplementary Prosecution Complaint.
Due to his active and direct involvement in the crime of money laundering, the ED had already detained Manik Bhattacharya, MLA, TMC, and the former president of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, in the West Bengal Teachers Recruitment Scam on October 10, 2022.
In this recruiting fraud, the ED also impounded cash totaling Rs. 49.80 crore, gold and jewellery worth more than Rs. 5.08 crore, and temporarily attached assets worth Rs. 56.15 crore. There have been 111 crore rupees in total seizures and attachments. Additional investigation is being conducted.
