Karnataka Public Service Commission job racket: ED arrests suspended KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa Sahukar, another officer

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested suspended Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar and a member of the Commission, B V Geetha, as part of a money laundering investigation into the recruitment of veterinary officers through the KPSC. The arrests followed a series of searches at Sahukar's residence in Bengaluru and statements provided to the ED by arrested IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar and a middleman, Basavaraj Kannale.

Gangwar had claimed that officials at the KPSC, including Sahukar, Geetha, Shanta Hosmani, and Elfreda D Silva, approached him with candidate names during specific job recruitments to gauge their prospects. In exchange for information about candidates' chances of selection, Sahukar and the officials demanded bribes. Basavaraj Kannale further alleged that he received crores of rupees from candidates in return for favors during various job recruitments at the KPSC.