# Karnataka HC sets up SIT to probe KPSC recruitment fraud 2026-09-21T13:32:16+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The Karnataka High Court on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team headed by DGP Alok Kumar to probe alleged irregularities in Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) recruitment. Justice M Nagaprasanna appointed IPS officers Divya V Gopinath, Anup A Shetty, Kushal Chouksey and Kshama Mishra as SIT members. The court ordered a de novo investigation and directed the SIT to submit a progress report every 30 days, completing the probe in 100 days. The order came on petitions by MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and the All Karnataka State Students Association seeking a CBI probe into the alleged selection of suspended KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa Sahukar's daughters and irregularities in veterinary officer recruitment. The CID, which was investigating separately, has traced a Rs 1.52 crore money trail and found evidence that 60 to 80 questions were allegedly leaked to candidates. The SIT will also cooperate with the Enforcement Directorate's parallel probe. The CID has frozen Rs 1.41 crore in accounts linked to the accused. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The coverage across sources is uniformly straight reporting with no discernible slant. The New Indian Express and The Hindu focus on the court order itself, listing the SIT members and the 100-day deadline, while Deccan Herald alone reports the CID's Rs 1.52 crore money trail and question-leak details. This split means a reader relying only on the court-order stories misses the scale of alleged corruption. The balanced reading combines both: the High Court has stepped in with a high-level SIT, but the CID's parallel forensic work already points to a structured pay-for-answers operation. The SIT's first progress report is due within 30 days. ## Coverage - newindianexpress.com (neutral report) Led with court order and SIT composition, no report of the CID money trail - thehindu.com (neutral report) Led with court order and 100-day deadline, omitted CID probe details entirely - deccanherald.com (neutral report) Led exclusively with CID's money trail and leaked questions, not court order Tags: Alok Kumar, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, ED, Karnataka High Court, KPSC, Shivashankarappa Sahukar Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-hc-sets-up-sit-to-probe-kpsc-recruitment-irregularities/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-hc-sets-up-sit-to-probe-kpsc-recruitment-irregularities/#story-in-brief