Karnataka PSI exam scam: CID probe focuses on arrested IPS officer’s financial transactions

The IPS officer was the head of the Karnataka Police Recruitment Cell between 2019 and 2021 when the alleged scam took place. The CID has alleged Paul was party to the recruitment scam.

Paul was arrested by the CID on the basis of statements provided by Shanthakumar, who has also been arrested, about the bribe to the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). (file)

Karnataka Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is probing the financial transactions of a senior IPS officer, arrested in connection with the police recruitment scam in the state, with a real estate businessman and a financier to find the trail of the Rs 1.36 crore bribe he allegedly received.

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