<h1>Bengal teacher-recruitment scam: ED attaches Rs57.78 crore assets linked to alleged money laundering and middleman network.</h1> Provisional attachment of immovable properties worth about Rs 57.78 crore under anti money laundering provisions, held in the names of a political figure, an alleged middleman and associates, alleged to be proceeds of crime from illegal assistant teacher appointments. The probe, based on FIRs, alleges tampering in recruitment processes, collection of illegal gratification, laundering via companies, LLPs and bank accounts, and subsequent acquisition of real estate; it records a key arrest and situates this action among prior substantial attachments in related recruitment investigations.