Overview

• Governor C.V. Ananda Bose approved prosecution under the PMLA against Chandranath Sinha for alleged money laundering in the primary teachers’ recruitment case.
• On August 8, the ED filed its sixth supplementary chargesheet naming Sinha among 55 accused in the multi-crore scam.
• Investigators uncovered Rs 1.5 crore in unexplained deposits into two of Sinha’s bank accounts between 2016 and 2021.
• A March 2024 raid on Sinha’s Bolpur residence yielded Rs 41 lakh in cash and a mobile phone seized by ED officials.
• Statements from agents Kuntal Ghosh and Tapas Mandal allege Sinha recommended 159 unqualified candidates in exchange for payments.