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SSC Scam: Partha Chaterjee Shifted To Hospital, ED Moves Calcutta HC

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The West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday morning and is taken to hospital.

Mumbai: Partha Chatterjee, the west Bengal minister who was detained on Saturday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of its investigation into an alleged school recruitment scam, was taken to the hospital later in day after complaining of unease, a representative of the agency said. A few hours after the senior minister was given a two-day ED custody order by a municipal court, Chatterjee who has medical issues, was admitted to the ICCU of the state-run SSKM Hospital.

Later, after his condition โ€œa little bitโ€ improved, he was transferred to a cabin, according to a hospital representative. While this is going on, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is looking into the multi-billion dollar financial scheme involving the recruitment, has turned its attention to the participation of another woman, who is apparently Chatterjeeโ€™s close aide.

Several tests including ECG were conducted on the TMC secretary general after he was hospitalised. โ€œHe is stable at the moment. A team of doctors are keeping a close watch on his condition,โ€ an official told PTI.

ED has filed a petition in Calcutta High Court and has demanded immediate hearing on the issue.

Congress leadert Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated that โ€œeveryone in Bengal knew about this scamโ€ in response to the ministerโ€™s detention and urged the agencies to quickly apprehend the offenders. Everyone in Bengal was aware of this (scam). Following the courtโ€™s involvement, investigative agencies got to work. We want the guilty to be held accountable,โ€ Chowdhury said on Saturday to ANI.

The ED had arrested Chaterjee on Saturday in connection with the alleged SSC scam After almost 26 hours of questioning in his home as part of the investigation since Friday morning, the secretary general of the Trinamool Congress, who served as the state education minister at the time the alleged irregularities occurred, was taken into custody.

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Agnipath Scheme: First Agniveer Exam To Be Conducted In Kanpur Today

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Adequate police force has been deployed outside railway and bus stations. All the centres will be under CCTV and drone observation. Police personnel at the centres are equipped with body-worn cameras.

Kanpur: Exmaination under the changed process of centreโ€™s controversial milatry recruitment scheme is scheduled to be conducted on Sunday in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Kapur police have made the required security arrangement for the examination.

The exam is going to be held in three shifts. The first phase begins at 7:30 Am, the second shift will commence at 11:30 am and the final shift of the exam will start at 3:15 pm. Every shift will have 625 candidates attempting the examination.

A total of 11 centres have been allotted,  for the Agniveer exam, out of which six are in Kanpur Outskirts.

More than 33,000 candidates will be appearing for this exam in Kanpur today.

Adequate police force has been deployed outside railway and bus stations. All the centres will be under CCTV and drone observation. Police personnel at the centres are equipped with body-worn cameras.

A Quick Response Team has also been stationed in all the examination centers of Kanpur Nagar.

The Centre on June 14,  introduced a new short-term recruitment policy for Indian youth to serve in the armed forces. Termed Agnipath, the scheme will enable military aspirants in the age bracket of  17.5 to 21 to be inducted into any of the three services as โ€œAgniveersโ€ for a four-year tenure.

โ€œAgniveersโ€™ would form a distinct rank in the Indian Army that would be different from any other existing ranks and they can be posted to any regiment and unit.โ€The army said.

On Friday, Three opposition members today walked out of a meeting of a panel of MPs on defense alleging that they were not allowed to discuss the Agnipath military recruitment scheme.

Congress MPs KC Venugopal, Uttam Kumar Reddy, and Mayawatiโ€™s BSP MP Kunwar Danish Ali walked out of the meeting of the Standing Committee on Defence.

 

 

 

 

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