Taking major action in the famous municipal recruitment scam of West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint (charge sheet) in the special court of Kolkata under PMLA against former minister and former MLA Sujit Bose, IAS officer Jyotishman Chattopadhyay, Samudra Bose and others. According to ED, this investigation was started on the basis of FIR registered by CBI on the instructions of Calcutta High Court. In this case, Sujit Bose was arrested on 11 May 2026 and is currently in judicial custody.
Investigation revealed that when Sujit Bose When he was the Vice Chairman of South Dumdum Municipality, he recommended 340 candidates, out of which 284 people got the job. According to municipality records, a total of 343 recruitments were made between 2014 and 2022.
Money lost through fake sales
ED alleges that to make the amount of crores of rupees received in exchange for providing job appear legitimate, it was first shown as cash sale in a restaurant named ‘Chinese Cuisine’ owned by Sujit Bose.
Investigation also found that even during the Covid lockdown, huge cash was deposited in the restaurant accounts. After this, this money was used to expand the hotel and banquet business. ED says that properties were purchased by taking loans through shell companies and other people and later this money was legalized by showing fake cash sales.
Got many flats in exchange of getting jobs
The investigating agency also claims that Sujit Bose got several flats in exchange for getting him a job. According to ED, he made illegal appointments by tampering with the recruitment process and obtained financial benefits in return.
ED has also raised questions on the role of IAS officer Jyotishman Chattopadhyay in its investigation. The agency alleges that while being the local body director, he bypassed the rules and approved 29 additional appointments in South Dumdum Municipality by terming it as a “special case”, even though the necessary government documents were not available for this. In this case, ED has already filed a charge sheet against accused Ayan Seal in February 2025. The agency says that the investigation of the case is still going on.
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