Bengal Education Minister interrogated for 4 hours by CBI on appointment of daughter

By PTI

KOLKATA: CBI interrogated West Bengal minister Paresh Adhikari for 4 hours on the third consecutive day on Saturday and was requested questions concerning the “illegal” appointment of his daughter Ankita as a major college trainer, an official of the investigating company stated.

Adhikari, who’s the minister of state for schooling, submitted paperwork which he had introduced with him.

During the interrogation he was requested to offer names of all those that had “helped” him in getting his daughter’s appointment as a major trainer.

“He was asked about the various calls he had made from his mobile phone regarding his daughter Ankita’s appointment. He was also asked to write down the names of all those whom he had approached for the purpose,” the official informed PTI.

Like within the earlier grilling classes, the whole interrogation course of was videographed, he added.

Adhikari had reached the CBI workplace round 10.35 AM with a file, which sources near him stated contained a number of vital paperwork associated to the appointment.

Calcutta High Court had on Friday dismissed Ankita Adhikari from her job in a government-aided college and requested her to return the wage she had drawn throughout her 41-month tenure as a trainer.

CBI sources stated that the central company’s sleuths could name Ankita Adhikari for questioning subsequent week The Mekliganj MLA was questioned for over 9 hours on Friday and practically 4 hours on Thursday evening by the central company in reference to the appointment of his daughter as a trainer on the criticism of a candidate who scored extra within the qualifying examination however didn’t get a job.