WB SSC Scam: NBU Vice Chancellor arrested in SSC recruitment scam, sent to judicial custody

WB SSC Scam: North Bengal University vice-chancellor Subir Bhattacharya, who was arrested by the CBI in West Bengal's much-discussed SSC recruitment scam, was on Monday sent to judicial custody by a special court in Kolkata. Bhattacharya, a former chairman of the School Service Commission (SSC), was arrested on September 19 and has been on CBI remand since then.

WB SSC Scam: Despite the detention, the agency did not

The agency had sought further CBI custody of Bhattacharya for questioning. Rejecting the agency's appeal, the Alipore Court sent Bhattacharya to judicial custody till October 10. Opposing the CBI's request, Bhattacharya's counsel Tamal Mukherjee submitted that the agency has not questioned the NBU vice-chancellor despite being in custody for six days.

WB SSC Scam: Bhattacharya was the chairman of SSC from 2014 to 2018

The CBI has alleged that it was involved in manipulating the scores of candidates before the panel was prepared to provide teachers jobs to ineligible persons in state government-sponsored and aided schools. Bhattacharya was the chairman of SSC from 2014 to 2018, when Partha Chatterjee was the state's education minister. Chatterjee, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in the SSC recruitment scam, is currently in judicial custody. Bhattacharya is the Vice-Chancellor of NBU since February 2018.

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