Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the cash-for-school job case in West Bengal have secured crucial clues. Sources said that all these recommendations made in writing or through digital communications, were personally scrutinized and shortlisted by the former state education minister and former Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee. The details of all such recommendations have been mentioned in the annexures attached with the charge sheet filed by the central agency on this count. The CBI, through such attachments, has already submitted to the special court in Kolkata a list of 324 candidates who were recommended by different influential individuals, including former and present MLAs and MPs for selections. It is alleged that the ill-proceeds were shown as donations to this particular trust and thus diverted. The authorities of the said hospital have recently informed a special court that the ex-education minister is almost cured and will be released soon. Earlier this week, the BJP MP from Purulia constituency, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, wrote to Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and requested him to ensure the safety of the former education minister. He alleged a possible life threat for the latter at the private hospital.
