The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday submitted before the special CBI-II court that the companies from where Sujay Krishna Bhadra had claimed to have received high-value premiums were “non-existent” at the addresses that have been registered in the official records of the Registrar of Companies.
Bhadra, referred to as “Kalighater Kaku” by some of his acquaintances, was arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in recruitment in state-aided schools.
At present, he is at SSKM Hospital.
The central agency submitted before the court that the companies owned by Bhadra received premiums from several companies whose addresses were found to be fictitious on physical verification by the officers of Enforcement Directorate.
ED lawyer Abhijit Bhadra said that according to the central agency, the total amount of recovery related to this case was Rs 126 crore.
Further, proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 20 crore has been detected, he said.
Sujay Bhadra’s lawyer Sk. Salim Rahman submitted before the court on Wednesday that his client needed open-heart surgery. “We have moved a bail prayer on medical grounds,” saidRahman.
The court on Wednesday called for the medical reports of Sujay Bhadra from SSKM Hospital and postponed the hearing for the bail petition to Thursday.
