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Govt. orders CID probe into KEA Bluetooth scam

The State government has ordered a probe by the Criminal Investigation Department into an alleged scam in which candidates at Kalaburagi and Yadgir examination centres used Bluetooth devices for writing the exams conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority in October 2023. R. Hitendra, Additional Director General of Police, had ordered that the case related to the Bluetooth scam registered under …

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ED begins probe into PSI job scam

The Directorate of Enforcement has begun a probe into the police sub-inspector recruitment scam that has allegedly seen several crores of rupees exchange hands as bribe. “There has been a lot of bribe money that has exchanged hands and laundered in the PSI recruitment scam, which prompted us to refer the case to the ED,” a senior police official said. …

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Karnataka’s PSI recruitment scam and the rot at the top

The story so far: The Karnataka State Police issued a gazette notification early last year to fill 545 Police sub-inspector vacancies. The Crime Investigation Department probe that followed unveiled one of the biggest recruitment scams in the State, which saw lakhs given in bribes and the arrests of over 60 candidates, local politicians, and top police officials in the Karnataka …

Explained | Karnataka’s PSI recruitment scam and the rot at the top

Story so far: The Criminal Investigation Department on Monday arrested Additional Director-General of Police Amrit Paul in the police sub inspectors’ recruitment scam case. He was heading the Police Recruitment Cell, Karnataka, when the scam broke out and it was found that the OMR sheets were allegedly tampered with in the office. A few touts arrested in the PSI recruitment …

PSI exam scam: When will malpractices in other centres be probed, asks Priyank

PSI recruitment scam: 10 police personnel suspended in Kalaburagi

Mentioning that the Police Department’s image was getting immensely tarnished owing to the alleged involvement of a few police officials in the PSI recruitment scam, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has called upon the police personnel not to go after money. Addressing a gathering after inspecting the passing out parade of the fourth batch of trainees of the Karnataka State Reserve …

PSI recruitment exam scam: CID finds malpractice at another centre in Kalaburagi

PSI recruitment scam: Congress MLA seeks expansion of probe to other parts of Karnataka

Former Minister and Congress MLA Priyank Kharge demanded that the ongoing probe into the Police Sub-Inspector recruitment scam be expanded to examination centres across Karnataka. Mr Kharge regretted that the Criminal Investigation Department probe into the PSI recruitment scam was confined to only one examination in Kalaburagi. To a question, Mr Kharge said he will not appear before the CID, …

PSI recruitment scam: Gyan Jyoti English Medium School principal surrenders

Kashinath, principal of Gyan Jyoti English Medium School in Kalaburagi, where the malpractices in the examination for the recruitment of Police Sub-Inspectors were reported and the one of the key accused in the scam, surrendered before the Criminal Investigation Department of the Karnataka police on May 2. Children meet arrested BJP leader Ms. Hagaragi’s children, who were sent to their …

PSI recruitment scam: Second notice served to Congress MLA Priyank Kharge