One more held in PSI recruitment scam
The Hindu
An assistant professor was arrested for providing Bluetooth device to a candidate writing the PSI recruitment exam
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Saturday arrested Vijaykumar Hebbalkar, assistant professor at Government First Grade College for allegedly providing a Bluetooth device to a candidate appearing for the recruitment examination for the post of Police Sub-Inspector, held in October 2021.
During the interrogation, Mr. Hebbalkar confessed that on the directions of Rudragowda Patil, a kingpin of the PSI recruitment scam, he had placed a Bluetooth device under the bench of a candidate named Supriya. Supriya passed the exam and had made it to the selection list.
The accused was produced before the court and sent to judicial custody.
Mr. Hebbalkar, a resident of Navadagi village in Chincholi taluk of Kalaburagi district, was appointed as an assistant professor at a government first grade college after completing his Master’s degree in economics from Gulabarga University.
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