Bengal school job case: OMR sheets destroyed on Partha Chatterjee's instructions, CBI tells court

The optical marks recognition (OMR) sheets used in examinations for recruitment of teachers in state-run schools were destroyed on the instructions of the former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamul Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee with the clear intention to hide evidence in the multicrore cash-for-school-job case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a special court in Kolkata on Thursday.

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Opposing the bail plea by Chatterjee's counsel on behalf of his client, the CBI counsel informed the court that even the former officer-on-special-duty (OSD) of the former state Education Minister has revealed a lot of things in his "confidential statement".

The CBI counsel also argued that since the entire scam was conducted under the direct supervision of the former minister, the investigation process might be hampered in case bail is granted to him.