Overview
- Sujit Bose, who was arrested late Monday after about 10 to 11 hours of questioning, was placed in Enforcement Directorate custody for 10 days by a Kolkata special court on Tuesday.
- The ED says Bose recommended roughly 150 candidates for posts in the South/Dakshin Dum Dum Municipality in exchange for money.
- Agency filings claim they traced proceeds of crime to flats allegedly received for facilitating jobs and to large cash deposits in accounts under his control.
- In court, the ED highlighted unusual takings at a restaurant linked to Bose, including about Rs 1.11 crore recorded during COVID lockdown periods.
- Investigators say the municipal hiring probe grew out of documents seized in the 2023 teachers’ recruitment case tied to ABS Infozon and Ayan Sil, prompting a wider inquiry across several civic bodies.