Saralnama
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the residence of Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha in Murshidabad, West Bengal, on August 25, 2025, as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of schoolteachers. During the raid, Saha attempted to flee by scaling a boundary wall but was caught by ED officers. The raids extended to his relatives' homes in Murshidabad and Birbhum districts. Saha was previously arrested by the CBI in April 2023 for his involvement in the school recruitment scam and was released on bail in 2024. The ED is probing potential money laundering linked to the scam, which involves alleged bribes paid by candidates to secure teaching and non-teaching jobs between 2014 and 2021. The investigation follows a Calcutta High Court directive for a CBI probe into recruitment irregularities by the West Bengal School Service Commission and the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Several charge sheets have been filed, and other TMC leaders have also been implicated in the case. (Updated 25 Aug 2025, 12:51 IST; source: link)