Supreme Court grants bail to TMC’s Kuntal Ghosh in West Bengal teacher recruitment case | Latest News India
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kuntal Ghosh, the Trinamool Congress youth leader, in connection with the teacher recruitment scam being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). TMC leader Kuntal Ghosh was arrested by the ED on January 21, 2023, in a money laundering case and later arrested by the CBI on February 20, 2023, in connection with the corruption case related to the West Bengal primary school recruitment scam. (PTI) (File) The court imposed several conditions, including a ban on him holding any public office while the proceedings were ongoing before the trial court. He was also instructed not to leave West Bengal without the trial court’s permission and to refrain from speaking to the media about the allegations. Earlier this month, Kuntal Ghosh was granted bail in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to the same scam. Advocate MS Khan, representing Ghosh, presented two trial court orders to support his argument that the case is unlikely to be concluded soon, as the CBI has yet to file the final …
