Jain’s name surfaced during interrogation of arrested former state minister Partha Chatterjee (File photo)
Manish Jain, Chief Secretary of the West Bengal Education Department has been asked to appear before the CBI officers at the Kolkata office on Thursday
The CBI has summoned the chief secretary of the education department of West Bengal to appear before her in connection with the ongoing investigation into the irregularities in the recruitment of state government jobs, an official from the investigative body said on Wednesday. Manish Jain has been asked to appear before the officers of the Central Investigation Bureau at the city office on Thursday morning, he said.
Jain’s name surfaced during the interrogation of arrested former minister of state Partha Chatterjee. When the bureaucrat appears before the CBI on Thursday, it will be his second appearance before the investigative agency in the same case.
Manish Jain has been asked to come to our office tomorrow for questioning on the ongoing investigation into the recruitment scam. Our officers are ready with a few sets of questions, the CBI official said. There is ample evidence that Jain was aware of some irregularities in the recruitment process, he said.
Jain will be questioned specifically about his involvement. There are several files in which his signatures were found, proving that he had knowledge of the irregularities in the recruitment process, the official said. Jain was summoned and questioned for more than five hours during his last appearance at the CBI office last year.
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