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Two KPSC staffers arrested for job-for-cash scam
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…
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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.
The Indian Opinion
This arrest shows that candidate complaints can trigger action against insiders. But the scam raises a pointed question: how did staffers access sensitive candidate data to make these calls? The investigation must now trace the full chain of complicity. The number of affected candidates and the amounts demanded will be the real test of whether this was a small operation or a wider racket.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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