ED arrests ex-TMC minister Sujit Bose in municipality recruitment scam case

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Sujit Bose, a former minister from the TMC, has been arrested in connection with a municipality recruitment scandal involving illegal job recommendations. The ongoing investigation aims to trace the illicit financial gains linked to these corrupt practices.

Days after TMC's rout in the West Bengal, ED questioned the senior party leader Sujit Bose in connection with its investigation into the municipality recruitment ‘scam’ case. Bose had illegally recommended 150 candidates for different posts under the South Dum Dum Municipality in lieu of pecuniary benefits. ED has traced direct proceeds of crime in the form of flats acquired by him in lieu of providing municipality jobs to various persons.