ED raids in-laws’ house of school job scam accused in Purulia
The Statesman | 26 August 2025
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids and search operations at the father-in-law’s house of Prasanna Roy, the
alleged middleman in the primary school job scam case, at Purulia today. There are allegations against him that he had also provided jobs to his wife and two sisters-in-law, who hail from the district.
Prasanna Roy, in judicial custody now, is alleged to have been the bridge between administrative officials in the education department and the job seekers. The ED has unearthed more than 250 bank accounts in his name and in the names of his relatives. The investigations have also found properties and cash worth several crores of rupees linked to his name.
So far, the bank accounts have shown a total of Rs 26 crores deposited in his name. Properties he is associated with have been traced in several places during the probe, including one at New Town.
Locals said that since early morning today, three SUVs with ED personnel arrived at the premises of Roy’s in-laws to conduct search
operations. CRPF jawans were seen posted outside the house while the operations were on.
Roy had reportedly become very close to former education minister Partha Chatterjee, now in jail because of the scam. He had started earning his livelihood as an ordinary house painter.
It is not clear till now what fresh documents the central agency has come across during the raid at his in-laws’ house in Purulia. The search continued late into the evening today.