{
  "id": 8345922,
  "title": "In Karnataka jobs scam, KPSC probe panel chief has her own political trail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/in-karnataka-jobs-scam-kpsc-probe-panel-chief-has-her-own-political",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T00:45:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/kpsc-jobs-scam-shivashankarappa-sahukar-kpsc-probe-panel-shakuntala-dundigoudar-10884376/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to records investigated by The Indian Express, Shakuntala Dundigoudar, the former school teacher and KPSC member, was appointed to lead an internal probe against her husband, KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar, in July 2023. This appointment came shortly after her husband rejoined the BJP and weeks after a reforms panel recommended reducing the KPSC's size and appointing only full professors. Shakuntala's husband, Shrikant Dundigoudar, is a PWD contractor linked to a number of government contracts and Shakuntala herself is a director and shareholder in his construction company. The probe was dissolved within days after the Congress government transferred the police investigation to the CID, following the BJP's call for a CBI probe.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Shakuntala Dundigoudar leads KPSC probe against her husband in July 2023",
    "Shrikant Dundigoudar is PWD contractor linked to government contracts",
    "Probe dissolved after police investigation transferred to CID"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}