Manik Bhattacharya

Teachers' Scam: More Trouble For Manik Bhattacharya's Wife, Son, Judicial Custody Extended

Incidentally, neither did Bhattacharya`s wife Satarupa Bhattacharya nor son Souvik Bhattacharya moved any bail plea at the special court on Monday, though both have earlier moved the Calcutta High Court challenging Enforcement Directorate (ED)`s move to name them in the supplementary charge sheet in the scam.

Mar 06, 2023, 22:14 PM IST

Teachers' scam: Calcutta HC imposes penalty on Manik Bhattacharya, 2nd time in 9 days

This is the second time that the bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has imposed a penalty on Bhattacharya, who is currently in judicial custody. On January 16, the same bench imposed a penalty of Rs 2 lakh on him.

Jan 25, 2023, 20:15 PM IST

Rs 20 CRORE collected, Rs 5000 per STUDENT: Big SECRET unfolds against Manik Bhattacharya in Primary TET scam

Primary TET Corruption: This information was given by Tapas Mondal, identified as Manik Bhattacharya's 'close aide'. On Wednesday, Tapas went to the ED's office to give an account of the financial transactions related to this offline registration.

Nov 02, 2022, 13:43 PM IST

WBSSC scam: ED summons Tapas Mondal, close aide of arrested TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya, on November 2

Tapas Mondal, who owns a teacher training centre, was asked to bring bank account documents of teacher training centers to the ED office. ED had earlier conducted searches at several places in Kolkata, including Mondal’s residence near Kamakhya Balak Ashram and his office, in connection with its probe into the recruitment scam in West Bengal, where some of the top leaders of the ruling TMC are under the lens.

Oct 27, 2022, 10:54 AM IST

BIG evidence in West Bengal teacher's recruitment scam: ED seizes CD, letter mentioning Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal teacher's recruitment scam: In its first chargesheet filed before the special PMLA court, the ED has claimed to have gathered several incriminating evidence pointing to the alleged involvement of Manik Bhattacharya and others in the multi-crore recruitment irregularities scam.

Oct 13, 2022, 10:33 AM IST

TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya, arrested in teacher's recruitment scam, sent to 14-day ED custody

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Manik Bhattacharya is the second high-profile TMC MLA to have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the West Bengal teacher`s recruitment scam. He will now be presented before the special ED court on October 25. 

Oct 12, 2022, 09:19 AM IST

BIG BLOW to Mamata Banerjee, TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya arrested by ED in teachers’ recruitment scam

Manik Bhattacharya arrested: TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya is the former chairman of the West Bengal primary education board. He was removed from his post by the Calcutta High Court in June. He is the second high-profile TMC MLA to have been arrested after Partha Chatterjee in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam.

Oct 11, 2022, 08:44 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee REMOVES Manik Bhattacharya, appoints Gautam Pal as the new president of Primary Education Board

Primary TET: According to sources, now a new ad hoc committee has been formed in the Primary Education Board. This ad hoc committee includes educationist Nrisinghamprasad Bhaduri and other academics. Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya was the president of the council until now.

Aug 23, 2022, 22:22 PM IST

SSC scam: ED now grills TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya, waits for keys to search flat owned by Arpita Mukherjee

West Bengal SSC Scam: Senior minister Partha Chatterjee and his associate Arpita Mukherjee were arrested by the ED after more than Rs 20 crore in cash, besides jewellery and foreign exchange were found from the latter's apartment in southwest Kolkata.  

Jul 27, 2022, 15:02 PM IST

BIG update in West Bengal SSC scam: ED now summons TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya

TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya has been summoned by ED for questioning at the agency's Kolkata office on Wednesday.

Jul 26, 2022, 19:57 PM IST

ED sends summon to TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya in recruitment scam case

TMC MLAs are on ED's radar in teacher recruitment scam case. After the arrest of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee, the ED has now summoned TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya. He has been called by the ED for questioning yesterday.

Jul 26, 2022, 17:38 PM IST

West Bengal School recruitment scam: Cal HC removes Primary Education Board chairman Manik Bhattacharya

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who passed the order, had already ordered a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team of the CBI into the alleged illegal appointments of at least 269 primary teachers.

Jun 20, 2022, 21:07 PM IST

Primary TET: HC orders removal of Primary Education Board chairman Manik Bhattacharya

TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya was earlier called in for questioning by the CBI in regards to the Primary TET corruption case.

Jun 20, 2022, 19:36 PM IST

Primary TET Corruption: 'Make some arrangements please, I want to go home', TMC MLA urges sergeant

Primary TET Corruption: The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a CBI probe into the 2014 Primary TET case. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed that primary education board president Manik Bhattacharya and primary education board secretary Ratna Chakraborty Bagchi will have to face the CBI investigators by 5.30pm on Monday.

Jun 14, 2022, 12:36 PM IST