The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint against six accused persons and entities in the Teachers’ Recruitment Scam in West Bengal before the Special Court (PMLA) in Kolkata. The probe agency has also seized cash of over Rs 49.80 crore, gold and jewellery worth Rs 5.08 crore and attached properties worth Rs 56.15 crore in connection with the case. The accused included TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya; his wife — Satarupa Bhattacharya; his son — Souvik Bhattacharya, who is the former President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Tapas Kumar Mondal, who is the owner of a teacher training centre, and others. The two companies named in the charge sheet are Acuere Consultancy Services and Educlasses Online.
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