<p>Prasanna Roy, the middleman arrested by the CBI in connection to the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam, has been identified as a close relative of former Minister Partha Chatterjee.</p>.<p>CBI sources said that, Roy is the husband of a niece of Chatterjee, who is currently under judicial custody in the same matter.</p>.<p>It is learnt that Roy was the owner of a car rental service entity at Kolkata's Salt Lake area.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panorama/why-is-the-bengal-scam-more-worrying-1132817.html" target="_blank">Why is the Bengal scam more worrying?</a></strong></p>.<p>After arresting Roy on late Friday evening, CBI sleuths conducted raid and search operations at his Salt Lake office and reportedly seized a number of incriminating documents clearly indicating how his office was actually used for fund dealing in the teachers' recruitment scam under the garb of car rental services.</p>.<p>Roy also acted as the link between the undeserving candidates and masterminds of the scam.</p>.<p>The sources said that from questioning the security personnel in the building where the office is housed, they have come to know that every night a SUV with black-tinted windows used to come to the office, wait and leave after a while.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/west-bengal-school-recruitment-scam-explained-1129559.html" target="_blank">West Bengal school recruitment scam explained</a></strong></p>.<p>It is learnt that CBI sleuths are really surprised by the northward graph of Roy's financial fortune between 2014 and 2018, the time slot when the teachers' recruitment scam took place.</p>.<p>He started as a small-time house painting contractor and slowly extended his business in other spheres like holiday resorts and tea gardens in north Bengal.</p>.<p>CBI is trying to track the source through which Roy arranged funds for his business.</p>.<p>The investors have also procured documents relating to his ownership of a number of flats in and around Kolkata.</p>.<p>The sleuths will present Roy at a special court of CBI in Kolkata on Saturday and seek his custody for questioning.</p>
<p>Prasanna Roy, the middleman arrested by the CBI in connection to the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam, has been identified as a close relative of former Minister Partha Chatterjee.</p>.<p>CBI sources said that, Roy is the husband of a niece of Chatterjee, who is currently under judicial custody in the same matter.</p>.<p>It is learnt that Roy was the owner of a car rental service entity at Kolkata's Salt Lake area.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panorama/why-is-the-bengal-scam-more-worrying-1132817.html" target="_blank">Why is the Bengal scam more worrying?</a></strong></p>.<p>After arresting Roy on late Friday evening, CBI sleuths conducted raid and search operations at his Salt Lake office and reportedly seized a number of incriminating documents clearly indicating how his office was actually used for fund dealing in the teachers' recruitment scam under the garb of car rental services.</p>.<p>Roy also acted as the link between the undeserving candidates and masterminds of the scam.</p>.<p>The sources said that from questioning the security personnel in the building where the office is housed, they have come to know that every night a SUV with black-tinted windows used to come to the office, wait and leave after a while.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/west-bengal-school-recruitment-scam-explained-1129559.html" target="_blank">West Bengal school recruitment scam explained</a></strong></p>.<p>It is learnt that CBI sleuths are really surprised by the northward graph of Roy's financial fortune between 2014 and 2018, the time slot when the teachers' recruitment scam took place.</p>.<p>He started as a small-time house painting contractor and slowly extended his business in other spheres like holiday resorts and tea gardens in north Bengal.</p>.<p>CBI is trying to track the source through which Roy arranged funds for his business.</p>.<p>The investors have also procured documents relating to his ownership of a number of flats in and around Kolkata.</p>.<p>The sleuths will present Roy at a special court of CBI in Kolkata on Saturday and seek his custody for questioning.</p>