India, Sept. 11 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed final charges against West Bengal's former education minister Partha Chatterjee, ex-minister Paresh Adhikari and his daughter, along with 18 others, in a bribery-for-job case. The charges were filed at Kolkata's Alipore court in connection with alleged irregularities in the appointment of class 11 and 12 teachers in state-run schools.

"There is no documentary evidence against Partha Chatterjee. The charges are baseless," the former Trinamool Congress secretary general's lawyers told reporters on Thursday outside the court where the trial will take place.

Lawyer Shantanu Maitra, who represented Adhikari and his daughter Ankita, said: "Both are innocent. Adhikari was not e...