Even as the Trinamool Congress grappled with school level recruitment scams and other instances of corruption that have seen a number of senior party leaders, including Ministers going to jail, a new case of sex-for-job has burst in Bengal ruling party's face.
A TMC block president has been accused of repeatedly raping a Group D job seeker besides extracting Rs 10 lakh from the victim.
The incident has taken place at Mangalkot region of Burdwan district, sources said.
Not only the TMC leader extracted cash for job from the woman and raped her but also beat her up when she went to demand the money after the leader failed to provide her the job.
"I approached Pal da (the TMC leader) for Group D government job ... He asked for Rs 10 lakhs... Later even after repeated reminders he failed to arrange for the job ... He also raped me... And I conceived ... Subsequently when I asked him to return my money he beat me so severely that I suffered abortion," the victim said.
The Burdwan Police refused to comment but a senior official said actions would be taken if the allegations were true.
Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday passes yet another judgement directing the State Government to immediately provide appointment to 54 candidates who could not get appointment due to lapses on the part of primary teachers appointment board.
The same court had earlier ordered CBI investigation into school level recruitment scam that ultimately saw former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee land in jail.
The Court had on Monday directed the Government to appoint 23 TET candidates in coming 23 days.
The Tuesday's order provides respite to 77 candidates in two consecutive days.