Kolkata, Sep 2 (TIWN) What were some hearsay allegations in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities has now been accepted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a written submission to a special court ED in Kolkata.

The first point of written submission is that the huge cash recovered from the two residences of former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee's close aide Arpita Mukherjee in July this year, were actually the proceeds of the teachers' recruitment irregularities scam. Around Rs 50 crore in cash along with huge quantities of gold were recovered from the two residences.  The second point of submission is that besides Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee, several other politically influential people were involved in the scam. As supporting documents to the second point of submission, the ED has presented the details of several leaders, MLAs of ruling Trinamool Congress and even some state ministers submitting recommendations to undeserving candidates in their respective letterheads.