Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The CID team headed CID, police Inspector,Dileep Kumar and his team arrested 7 members including woman BJP leader Divya Hagaragi’s husband Rajesh in this connection and the accused were produced before the court yesterday.
Divya Hagaragi and a few others whose role is also suspected in the scam are absconding and the police have launched a hunt to nab the suspects.
It is said the candidates who wrote the exams were reportedly facilitated for malpractice and filling OMR sheets by invigilators at Jnana Jyothi College which belongs to Hagaragi.
It is alleged that the CCTV cameras were switched off to make sure the scam is not recorded.
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Former Minister and MLA Priyank Kharge said that out of 545 candidates about 300 candidates have been involved in malpractice and allegedly paid a cut to join the service.
The MLA alleged that candidates were made to pay a minimum of Rs 70 lakhs which comes to Rs 210 crores and demanded the resignation of the Home Minister
Following a massive protest by over 54,000 aspiring PSI Candidates at freedom accusing large scale corruption demanding re-examination and strict action against the people involved in the scam,Director General and Inspector General of Police,said that further action on the results will be taken only after the completion of the CID investigation and submit conclusive report .
This means the fate of these candidates until the CID investigations will be in limbo and many of them may loss the eligibility,as it was there last attempt .
The written examination of 545 PSIs was conducted on October 3, 2021 at 92 centers across the state .
After the results announced some discrepancies were reported following which an internal inquiry was ordered.
On April 7 this year, on a credible evidence was found about certain malpractice based on which Home Minister Araga Jnanendra ordered CID to probe the matter,Mr.Sood,said .
An FIR was registered on April 9 and so far seven persons including four successful candidates and three invigilators from Kalaburgi center have been arrested so far.
There are many more involved in the scam are absconding and will be arrested soon, he said.
Meanwhile Mr. Jnanendra has ordered CID to examine and investigate each and every selected candidates and finalize the investigations at the earliest.
Mr. Sood, reiterated that no candidates, invigilators or supporting staff who are found to have indulged in malpractice will go unpunished .
