A particular court docket in Kolkata has issued summons in opposition to BJP chief Arun Hazra in reference to the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam. Hazra, a BJP chief from North Kolkata, has been directed to seem in court docket inside a month.

The court docket requested the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to ship a replica of the summons to Hazra’s residence as quickly as potential.

The CBI’s supplementary cost sheet named Hazra, a former Trinamool Congress chief who’s now with the BJP. The chargesheet alleged that Hazra collected Rs 78 crore from the market beneath the pretext of promoting jobs.

The CBI submitted a paper signed by Hazra and several other paperwork seized in the course of the investigation to assist this declare. The signed paper reportedly said that Hazra supplied Rs 78 crore to Sujoy Krishna Bhadra for jobs and that Bhadra had returned Rs 45 crore together with the works.

Following this doc’s emergence, Hazra’s identify was linked to the case. The particular court docket subsequently issued a summons, requiring Hazra to seem inside a month.

Hazra started his political profession with the Congress earlier than becoming a member of the Trinamool Congress. He’s recognized to be near BJP chief Tapas Roy, who was beforehand a senior TMC chief and MLA.

On March 4 final yr, Roy resigned from the Trinamool Congress, left his MLA publish, and joined the BJP. Hazra adopted Roy in becoming a member of the BJP.