DySP held in PSI recruitment scandal, arrests within dept rises to 5

A Deputy Superintendent of Police (SP) has been arrested in connection with the the Police Sub-inspector (PSI) recruitment scandal in Karnataka which is currently being probed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
With the arrest of Deputy SP Shantakumar, the number of arrests in the Recruitment Division of the police department have now gone up to five, CID sources said on Friday.
The sources explained that the Department is now gathering inputs on ADGP-ranked officers based on the information provided by the Shantakumar.
They also revealed that this will lead the investigations to top officers, bureaucrats and politicians involved in the scandal.
After the scandal surfaced and it was followed by the arrests of candidates and middlemen, while the role of Recruitment Division has come out in the open.
The government has transferred ADGP (Recruitment) Amrit Paul and DySP Shantakumar.
The four accused officers have revealed the role of DySP Shantakumar in the scandal. CID was looking for evidence against him.
Investigations revealed that Shantakumar managed to work in the Recruitment Division for 13 years. It also came to light that he controlled the division with the support of senior officers, according to sources.
There are serious allegations on Shantakumar that he contacted aspiring candidates for SI posts through middlemen. He received lakhs of rupees from them and shared it with top officers, sources said.
He directly helped candidates who forged OMR answer sheets and helped many candidates to get the job. The CID is investigating all these allegations.