Bengaluru: The investigation into the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) examination scam has taken an interesting turn, with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging that IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar received Rs 1.1 crore from an individual to help secure higher marks for his two sons who appeared for competitive examinations conducted by the commission.
The letter said the irregularities in the veterinary recruitment examination came to light after one of the candidates lodged a criminal complaint with the jurisdictional Vidhana Soudha police. Following this, the ED registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), it said. Depending on the findings, we will decide the future course of action,” a police officer said.
“The reports are expected in a few weeks.
A 2016-batch Karnataka-cadre officer, Gangwar served as KPSC’s Controller of Examinations from Feb 2024 to March 2026, when irregularities in examinations were reported. ED officials raided his Bengaluru residence Sunday as part of the probe While the Karnataka govt maintained that he had travelled to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh due to a family emergency.
A team of ED officials also met his family members in Lucknow, who said Kumar had not visited them,” a bureaucrat said. He recently came under the scanner in connection with the recruitment of veterinary officers and had reportedly gone off the radar. “The ED concluded its search at Kumar’s Jayamahal Road residence Monday.
Sleuths from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing alleged irregularities in the KPSC examination for veterinary officer posts, have sent 658 optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets to the forensic science laboratory to determine whether they were tampered with.