ED attaches assets worth over ₹20.9 Crore in engineering seat blocking, PSI recruitment cases
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Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday provisionally attached immovable properties worth more than ₹20.9 crore in two separate investigations linked to alleged financial irregularities in engineering admissions and police recruitment in Karnataka.
In the engineering seat blocking case, the agency attached a plot and two residential flats valued at Rs 19.46 crore belonging to trustees of the BMS Educational Trust, as reported by Deccan Herald. The probe stems from FIRs registered by Bengaluru police following allegations that engineering aspirants were illegally charged cash amounts over and above prescribed fees during admissions routed through the Karnataka Examinations Authority. Investigators have alleged that seats in colleges run by the trust were sold through intermediaries and kept outside official records. Unaccounted cash was collected directly from students and educational consultants.
The DH report further reported that searches conducted in June 2025 led to the seizure of ₹1.86 crore in cash and recovery of material indicating unaccounted collections of ₹20.20 crore. Statements from staff, management and agents corroborated the findings, the agency said, adding that the proceeds were allegedly used for personal benefit by the trustees.
Separately, the agency attached residential properties worth ₹1.53 crore in the 2021-22 Police Sub-Inspector recruitment scam, involving former Additional Director General of Police Amrit Paul and head constable Sridhar H. The investigation was initiated on the basis of FIRs registered by the High Grounds Police Station and the CID after allegations of manipulation in the selection process for 545 PSI posts.
According to the agency, Amrit Paul facilitated unauthorized access to the strong room where OMR answer sheets were stored by handing over keys to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shanth Kumar, enabling accomplices to tamper with answer sheets to favour certain candidates. The accused allegedly collected bribes ranging from ₹30 lakh to ₹ 70 lakh per candidate, with the funds routed as purported hand loans and used to construct residential properties.
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If CM Stalin had 'full powers', Tirunelveli campaigning would not have happened: TVK chief Vijay
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): TVK chief Vijay launched a scathing attack on the ruling DMK during a campaign rally in Tirunelveli, alleging that if Chief Minister M K Stalin had "full powers", the event would not have happened.
"The CM would have put some kind of obstacle and prevented us from coming. But now, this is a "caretaker government," as it is called, and he's a CM without authority," Vijay said.
Dubbing the DMK-led bloc a "cash-box alliance", the actor-turned-politician alleged it was formed using "looted" money. He claimed the constituent parties lack internal unity, stating that "people in the alliance won't even cast vote for each other".
Taking a swipe at the grand old party, Vijay alleged that the DMK had "pocketed" the Tamil Nadu Congress by "giving crores". However, he asserted that the "real Congress" stands on the TVK's side.
Characterising his party's deep connection with its cadres, Vijay remarked, "This might be just an election for others, but for those with TVK, this is an emotion."
