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KPSC Scam: Gyanendra Reveals Four Names, Explosive Details Emerge in Recruitment Irregularities!
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News18•04-10-2026, 15:12
KPSC Scam: Gyanendra Reveals Four Names, Explosive Details Emerge in Recruitment Irregularities!
  • •Investigation into KPSC veterinary officer recruitment exam irregularities and corruption has intensified.
  • •IAS officer Gyanendra disclosed four names during interrogation by ED and CID.
  • •Shivashankarappa Sahukar, B.V. Geetha, Shanta Hosamani, and four others from KPSC are now in trouble.
  • •Gyanendra revealed that bribes were accepted based on marks and ranks, and employment was promised.
  • •Former KPSC examination controller remanded to 14-day judicial custody for question paper leak.

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IAS officer and former KPSC examination controller Gyanendra Kumar is accused of leaking the question paper for the January 2026 veterinary officer recruitment examination involving 400 posts to middlemen and accepting bribes based on candidates' ranks and marks before being remanded to judicial custody, with investigations revealing financial irregularities and transactions worth crores.

Members and staff, alongside middlemen, would collect details of candidates who secured positions in the merit list and contact them to promise employment in exchange for an advance of five to ten lakh rupees, bypassing formal complaints since no fixed total amount was specified.

During interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate, IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar disclosed four names facing trouble in connection with the KPSC irregularities, including Shivashankarappa Sahukar, B.V. Geetha, and Shanta Hosamani.