Bengal SSC Job scam: Another TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya arrested by ED

In the ongoing probe in the Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam, the Enforcement Directorate has arrested TMC leader and former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya. He was arrested after being questioned by the agency over the alleged irregularities in primary teachers’ appointments. The ED had also arrested West Bengal Industries Minister and former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee in the SSC scam.