WBSSC scam: Arrested middleman sent to 7 days CBI custody The agency will have to present Singh at the same court on September 1

SNS, KOLKATA, 25 AUGUST 2022: A special court on Thursday sent alleged middleman Pradip Singh tot he agency's custody for seven days. Singh was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday in connection with the multi- crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scant.

The Central Bureau of Investigation will have to pm-sent Singh at the same court again on September 1.

The Central Bureau of Investigation counsel told the court that Singh acted as the middleman between the undeserving candidates and the kingpins of the recruitment irregularities scam within the West Bengal School Service Commission.

Once the deal was finalised, he acted as the bridge between the candidate and the commission insiders in fixing the amount of money that had to be paid for finalising the appointment, counsel argued.

Meanwhile, CBI sources said that a thorough interrogation of Singh is requital since his statements might reveal further clues regarding the involvement of influential persons in the scam.

Sources said in the course of investigation, the investigating officers have come across two vital clues related to the scam.

The first clue is relating to an entail account of Singh, whew from the Central Bureau of Investigation sleuths have recovered important communication between him and a number of undeserving candidates regarding appointment and related payments.

The second clue, according to sources, arc from some crucial WhatsApp chat s from his personal mobile number again with some undeserving candidates.

It is learnt that Singh used to run a computer-graphics setup which he actually used as the huh for running his racket relating to the recruitment irregularities scam.

Singh is the fifth accused attested in the teacher recruitment scant and the third by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Earlier the CBI sleuths arrested Santi Prasad Sinha, the former convenor of the WBSSC's screening committee, deemed to be the epicenter of the entire scant and Ashok Saha, the former Secretary of the commission. Both are in CBI custody currently.