WB ex-minister’s house raided in SSC scam case

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at the residence of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and premises of another accused Prasanna Kumar Roy, who is in jail in connection with the alleged State School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam cases, on Saturday morning.

Partha had been issued summons three times to appear before the investigating officer in the SSC scam case. However, he defied all the summons and didn’t appear even once, ED sources said.

Earlier, the anti money-laundering agency had arrested Partha in connection with the primary teachers recruitment scam in July 2022, in which he got conditional bail in March 2025 from the Supreme Court. The ED has filed multiple cases against him in connection with recruitment of primary teachers, SSC assistant teachers and SSC Group C and D staff.