Overview

• The special PMLA court directed the Enforcement Directorate to serve a summons within 15 days and listed the case to read out charges on September 12.
• ED informed the court that the governor had granted assent, allowing acceptance of its sixth supplementary prosecution complaint filed on August 6.
• ED searches at Sinha’s Bolpur residence in March recovered roughly ₹41–42 lakh in cash that officials say he could not satisfactorily explain.
• The chargesheet alleges receipt of money from job aspirants in return for primary teaching posts in state-aided schools.
• The matter is part of a broader investigation launched after a Calcutta High Court order in 2022, which has already led to PMLA proceedings against former education minister Partha Chatterjee.