CBI Issues lookout notice against TMC MLA

The CBI issued a lookout notice for TMC MLA and former chairman of West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in primary teachers’ appointment after he was not found at his residences in Kolkata and Nadia, an official of the agency said. Bhattacharya, who is a lawmaker from Palashipara in Nadia district, had earlier been interrogated by Enforcement Directorate, which is tracking the money trail in the case. “The MLA could not be found at his residences in Jadavpur and Nadia district over the past several days, following which he was served a lookout notice by the central agency," the official said. Meanwhile, a suspected middleman, arrested on charges of facilitating jobs to ineligible candidates in state government-sponsored and -aided schools in exchange of money, was remanded in CBI custody.