{
  "id": 13378185,
  "title": "Karnataka job scam: How OMR answer keys exposed bribery in veterinary exam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/karnataka-job-scam-how-omr-answer-keys-exposed-bribery-in-veterinary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T09:20:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-job-scam-how-omr-answer-keys-exposed-bribery-in-veterinary-exam-10915498/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has uncovered a bribery scandal involving the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) in a veterinary recruitment exam. Six candidates allegedly received answer keys before the January 9, 2026 exam in exchange for bribes. Investigators compared OMR sheets with two answer keys published by KPSC and identified discrepancies, suggesting a leak involving senior officers. KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa Sahukar and member B V Geetha were arrested on October 6. The ED found that Sahukar and Geetha took bribes from aspirants to leak the initial answer keys after obtaining them from exam controller Gyanendra Gangwar. The initial answer keys published by KPSC matched the answers of six suspected candidates exactly up to question number 80. Gangwar admitted to providing the answer keys for the first 80 questions for six students based on the scrambled chart and candidates' seating arrangements. The first-rank winner got Rs 20 lakh from the father of the third-rank candidate in exchange for the answer keys, while the third-rank winner was facilitated with Rs 20 lakh and an advance of Rs 10 lakh.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}