With this latest actio, the total value of properties attached by the ED stands at Rs 636.88 crore.The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 27.19 crore in connection with the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (SSC) Group C & D recruitment scam.The attached assets, held in the name of three tea estates owned by Prasanna Kumar Roy, include bungalows, factories, plants, machinery, and vehicles. The tea estates involved are M/s Samsing Organic Tea Private Limited, M/s Yangtong Organic Tea Private Limited, and M/s Bamandanga Tea Estate Private Limited.According to the ED, these properties were allegedly purchased using illicit funds collected from candidates who secured illegal appointments to Group C and D posts.This latest action follows the Supreme Court’s April 3, 2025, judgment in State of West Bengal vs Baishakhi Bhattacharya (Chatterjee) & Ors (SLP Civil 9586 of 2024), which quashed over 25,000 teaching and non-teaching appointments made through the West Bengal Central SSC. The court ruled the entire selection process was “vitiated and tainted.”The ED investigation was initiated based on two FIRs registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The FIRs allege appointments were made in violation of rules, through criminal conspiracy, and to undeserving or ineligible candidates, bypassing meritorious applicants.Prior to this, the ED had attached assets worth Rs 219.91 crore in the Group C & D recruitment scam alone. Prasanna Kumar Roy, identified as the main middleman who collected money and candidate details, and his key associate Chandan Mondal, are currently in judicial custody.In related investigations, the ED has also made significant property attachments; in the SSC Assistant Teacher (Classes 9 to 12) Recruitment Scam, assets worth Rs 238.78 crore were attached, in the Primary Teachers Recruitment Scam, assets worth Rs 151 crore have been attached or seized.Story continues below this adWith this latest actio, the total value of properties attached by the ED stands at Rs 636.88 crore.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Kolkata