KSPC member BV Geeta
Suspended KPSC chairperson arrested Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar and member BV Geeta, arrested in the alleged job-for-cash scam, were on Wednesday remanded to 14 days of Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody by a special court. Arguments continued for more than two hours before the judge pronounced the order around 5.30pm. A six-member central armed police team, including two women personnel, accompanied Sahukar and Geeta to court. Four were carrying self-loading rifles, while two entered the courtroom and stood guard during the proceedings.
Special public prosecutors Madhu N Rao and DM Maheshwari told the court that the agency had documents indicating that Sahukar and Geeta sold answer keys to six candidates — Dr Nandeesh B, Dr Sooguresh Jaka, Dr Kiran Kumar, Dr Tejas SS, Dr Vinuta Mallappa Hittalamani and Dr Naveen Kumar N. “If the merit position was favourable, the concerned members or officials would demand hefty bribes, claiming their intervention had facilitated the candidate’s final selection,” Rao told the court. The duo was produced before special judge Manjunath Sangreshi, who granted ED custody for further questioning over allegations that answer keys were sold to candidates appearing for veterinary examinations held in Jan. Armed security at court