The Calcutta High Court pulled up the Enforcement Directorate for “lapses” in its investigation into the alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal. It said the court was receiving information that the agency officers have adopted a lackadaisical approach to the case.
The observations came from the single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha, which is dealing with petitions seeking a court-monitored probe in the infamous case in which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is looking into money laundering charges.
Justice Sinha told deputy solicitor general Dhiraj Trivedi that the court has received information that there are lapses on part of ED officers and they need to be careful going forward. She said she has received reports from “genuine sources” apart from what the central agency is submitting in court.
“Let your officers be careful. Even the court is getting inputs. What is happening and how things are happening, I am getting to know about it. Your officers need to be careful. Apart from what you are submitting in this court, I am getting reports from elsewhere and all genuine sources,” she stated.
Justice Sinha further said she even knows the names of the officers who are not carrying out their duties. She said she also has knowledge of those being questioned and those being left out and why.
“I am getting all the information, as to who all are being interrogated and who isn’t and why they are not being interrogated. Maybe not all officers, but a few of them; I definitely have that information and know their names as well,” she told the DSG.
The case, in which both the CBI and ED are investigating charges of irregularities in recruitment as well as money laundering, is being monitored by the court. The state respondents were to file their response to the submission made by the central agencies, but were not ready. Hence, the hearing was adjourned to a later date.
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