CBI arrests 6 more in Bengal SSC jobs scam

The CBI has arrested six more people in connection with its investigation into alleged irregularities in recruitment made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC), a senior official said. Those arrested were allegedly working as agents, collecting money from candidates and facilitating their employment in various schools across the state, he said. "We have got specific evidence against them," the CBI official said. Several people had been arrested by the agency in connection with the “irregularities”, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee earlier. The Calcutta High Court had last week directed the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to cancel jobs of 1,911 ‘Group D’ employees, who were given appointment in state government-sponsored and -aided schools illegally, following manipulation of recruitment examination results.