Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths probing the multi-crore school recruitment case in West Bengal have come across a mysterious diary of the Sujay Krishan Bhadra a.k.a Kalighater Kaku (uncle of Kalighat) which are full coded scribbles .
The central agency sleuths doubts that these coded scribbles are actually details of the receipts of the alleged scam proceeds as well as the names of the beneficiaries in the case.
Sources said that ED sleuths, who are currently busy deciphering the coded scribbles, feel that this diary will lead to important clues related to the school recruitment case. ED sources also believe that the details of the Hawala transactions made in the school recruitment case are also hidden in those coded scribbles.
Meanwhile, the ED sleuths have secured some specific clues on how proceeds of the alleged scam were invested and then diverted through the Hawala route through different corporate entities.
The central agency sleuths believe that deciphering those coded scribbles in the diary will lead to details of such Hawala transactions. Some investments made by these doubtful corporate entities in real estate business are also under the scanner of the central agency sleuths currently.
Sources said that the central agency sleuths have got specific information on how proceeds were diverted using as many as 100 bank accounts linked to six companies having connection with Bhadra, who is currently in judicial custody.
The sleuths have also got specific details on how arrested and expelled youth Trinamool Congress leaders like Kuntal Ghosh and Santanu Bandopadhyay acted as the agents in collecting proceeds on behalf of Bhadra.
Recently, ED sleuths have also secured a voice- recording where Bhadra was heard directing a civic volunteer Rahul Bera to delete all case related data from two of his mobile phones. Sources said that the central agency sleuths have already initiated necessary steps for a voice- sample test to match the voice- recording with that of Bhadra. A crucial hearing in the matter is scheduled at a Special Court of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on June 28 and the ED counsel is expected to make submissions in the court on this count on that day.
(IANS)
