Kolkata, May 1 (PTI) West Bengal’s Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in the alleged civic body recruitment scam, as directed by the Calcutta High Court.
Accompanied by his son Samudra and two lawyers, Bose reached the ED office at CGO Complex in Salt Lake a little before 10.30 am.
He had ignored three previous summonses from the ED, stating that he was busy with poll campaigns.
He had also moved high court against the summonses, alleging harassment. The court had directed him to appear before the agency before 10.30 am on Friday.
Bose is seeking re-election from the Bidhannagar seat, where polling happened in the final phase of the assembly elections on Wednesday.
Establishments owned by Bose and his son were twice searched by the agency in connection with alleged recruitment irregularities at the South Dum Dum Municipality.
The investigators have claimed that they recovered incriminating documents during the search operations.
Bose denied the charges, alleging that he was a victim of a political vendetta orchestrated by the BJP. PTI SMY SOM
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