# Two KPSC staffers arrested for job-for-cash scam 2026-08-08T19:53:11+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Two Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) staffers have been arrested for allegedly promising jobs to candidates who appeared for junior engineer posts in the water resources department earlier this year. Technical assistant Sharanappa M Adavalli and senior assistant P Swami Das were taken into custody based on statements from four other accused arrested earlier. The police say Adavalli provided candidate details to Das, who passed them to others who contacted aspirants offering guaranteed selection for money. The case began after aggrieved candidates complained to the KPSC secretary in January. The duo has been remanded to judicial custody. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: arrest, bribery, corruption, job scam, Karnataka, KPSC Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/two-kpsc-staffers-arrested-for-job-for-cash-scam/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/two-kpsc-staffers-arrested-for-job-for-cash-scam/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.