Kolkata, Sep 24 (PTI) A special court here on Wednesday directed West Bengal minister Chandranath Sinha to be present before the ED here on September 25 and 26 for questioning, while refusing the agency's prayer for his custody in connection with its probe into alleged financial irregularities in the school jobs scam.
The court directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to give prior notice to the state's correctional homes minister if it wants him to be present before it on further occasions with regard to its probe into the alleged money trail in the case.
The court, however, did not allow the prayer of the ED for Sinha's custody for seven days for questioning him, taking into account the lengthy period of investigation in the matter.
The minister is at present on bail granted by the s