The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), which is being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department of police for allegedly putting up lucrative posts for sale to prospective candidates, has more problems in hand.
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At the end of a four-month probe, the CID concluded that only 25 of the 362 successful candidates bribed their way through the
selection process. Following this, the government decided to revalue the answer scripts of these 337 “clean” candidates and repeat their interviews. However, KPSC, a constitutional body, shot down the government’s proposal.
The FIR was filed following a complaint by Mythri, an MD in Paediatrics and the topper in the ST category in the KAS exams, who had alleged that she was given low marks in the interview after she refused to heed the demand by a KPSC member for a bribe of Rs. 70 lakh for getting the post of Assistant Commissioner (Revenue).
According to the probe, more than 50 candidates, who secured Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) cadre jobs during the last five years, have been beneficiaries of Taalibhagya Yojane. If a poor candidate scores high marks in the preliminary and mains examination and has the possibility of making it to the Grade ‘A’ post (KAS) after the personality test round, the names of such candidates are released to parents of prospective brides.The top posts were allegedly being auctioned or sold to the candidates by the KPSC though they secured high marks. In such circumstances, the prospective bride’s parents would strike a deal with the candidates. The bride’s parents would pay KPSC members the “bribe amount” so that the candidate gets a high score in the personality test round and becomes a KAS officer. In return, the candidate will have to marry the daughter of the bribe payer.Sources said parents of brides were “fixing jobs” for their prospective sons-in-law because a KAS officer in Karnataka was considered next only to IAS. “We found out that jobs were fixed in exchange for marriage and money for the last five years. We are gathering evidence… We suspect that more than Rs.200 crore has exchanged hands in fixing jobs and marriages,” a senior CID officer said.
source-indiatoday
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