Archive · 22 Jan 2026
ED Attaches Rs 57.78 Cr Assets in School Jobs Scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken action against people involved in a school jobs scam in West Bengal.
They have attached properties worth Rs 57.78 crore belonging to a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA named Jiban Krishna Saha, a middleman named Prasanna Kumar Roy, and their associates.
These properties include apartments, villas, and land in several areas of West Bengal.
The total value of properties attached in this scam now amounts to Rs 698 crore.
The ED believes these properties were bought with money obtained illegally through the scam, which involved giving jobs to assistant teachers unfairly.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 57.78 crore in connection with a school jobs scam in West Bengal.
The properties belong to TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, middleman Prasanna Kumar Roy, and their associates.
The attached properties include residential apartments, villas, and land parcels in various locations across West Bengal.
The total value of properties attached in the recruitment scam cases now stands at Rs 698 crore.
The ED alleges that the assets were acquired through illegal appointments of assistant teachers.
- Who
- Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jiban Krishna Saha, Prasanna Kumar Roy, and associates
- What
- Attachment of properties worth Rs 57.78 crore in connection with a school jobs scam
- When
- Wednesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- West Bengal, including Rajarhat, New Town, Patharghata, Garagari, North 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Purba Bardhaman, and HIDCO-developed areas of Kolkata
- Why
- Alleged illegal appointments of assistant teachers in the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam
- Total Assets Attached
- Rs 698 crore
- Assets Attached in Latest Action
- Rs 57.78 crore
- Individuals Involved
- Jiban Krishna Saha, Prasanna Kumar Roy, and associates
- Property Locations
- Rajarhat, New Town, Patharghata, Garagari, North 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Purba Bardhaman, and HIDCO-developed areas of Kolkata
- Alleged Crime
- Illegal appointments of assistant teachers