ED summons elderly parents of promoter Ayan Sheel in 'recruitment corruption case'

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned the elderly parents of promoter Ayan Sheel, who was arrested in connection with a recruitment corruption case. The couple appeared at the ED office in Kolkata's CGO Complex on Wednesday morning.

ED sources claim that Ayan used multiple bank accounts for illegal financial transactions, including those of his parents. The agency alleges that Ayan used two accounts of his father, Sadanand Sheel, and one account of his mother, Amita Sheel, for such transactions.

The ED had earlier informed the court that Ayan had unaccounted wealth, and he was involved in tampering with answer sheets in the recruitment scam. According to the investigators, marks of eligible candidates were reduced by marking wrong answers just next to the correct ones on the OMR sheet. Wrong answers of ineligible candidates were corrected against money. The ED also claimed that OMR sheets of candidates who got more marks by giving correct answers were tampered with.

During the court proceedings, the judge had questioned why Ayan's parents were not being questioned. In response, the ED summoned Sadanand and Amita for questioning. The agency is now investigating how much Ayan's parents knew about his alleged involvement in the scam. The ED is also scrutinizing the transactions made through their bank accounts.