CBI raids six locations in West Bengal, Karnataka in school jobs scam case

TEHATTA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at six different locations in West Bengal and Karnataka linked to its probe into the school jobs scam in the eastern state, a senior officer said on Saturday.
The investigation team spent 15 hours Friday searching Tapas Saha, a Tehatta MLA for the Trinamool Congress, and his assistant's home and office.
"We have seized several documents and two mobile phones from Saha's residence and office in Tehatta. We have also questioned the MLA for several hours till Saturday morning," the officer told PTI.
He said that CBI detectives had also taken Saha to a college in the Betai region and conducted searches there.
They returned to the MLA's residence on Friday night and interrogated him till 6 am on Saturday.
The Calcutta high court had on Tuesday directed the CBI to take over the investigation.
Several leaders of the ruling TMC, including former minister Partha Chatterjee, have been arrested in connection with the scam.
(With inputs from PTI)