Bengaluru: Senior IPS Officer Amrit Paul was on Monday arrested by the investigating team for PSI Recruitment Scam. Paul was arrested in Bengaluru by the CID team investigating the matter.

Paul was being questioned by the probing team for the last four days and was arrested on Monday.

This also marks the first instance where a high-ranking IPS officer has been arrested. Paul is an Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) ranked officer of the state’s cadre.

Paul had come under the scanner following the recruitment scam, in which around 30 candidates had secured top ranks by indulging in malpractices, including tampering with the answer sheets after colluding with middlemen and some police officers who were handling the recruitment process.

The PSI recruitment exam was conducted in October 2021 for the appointment of 545 sub-inspectors.

The exam was attended by 54,000 candidates in 93 centres across the state and the e results were announced in January this year.

The scam was exposed following reports of large-scale rigging with regard to the allotment of examination centres and allegations of bribery securing top ranks.

Under pressure, the government annulled the results and ordered a CID probe.

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Hubli: The Hubbali-Dharwad Police Commissioner, Renuka Sukumar, has informed that the accused involved in the brutal murder of Anjali Ambigera has been arrested.

Vishwa alias Girish Sawant, the prime suspect in the Anjali Ambigera murder, was arrested in Davangere late Thursday night.

Sawant, attempting to flee from Mysuru via the Goa-Maharashtra train was struck by bad luck as he fell from the moving train at around 11:30 PM. He sustained grave injuries and was rushed to Chigateri Hospital in Davangere by Railway Police. Subsequently, Davangere police identified Sawant and notified the Hubbali police. The Hubbali police took custody of him at around 4:30 AM and admitted him to a hospital in the city.

Reports indicate Sawant faced assault from a fellow passenger allegedly for his misconduct during the journey, possibly contributing to his fall. However, official details regarding the circumstances leading to his fall remain undisclosed. Commissioner Sukumar mentioned Sawant's current inability to provide a statement due to severe head and facial injuries.

Anjali was brutally stabbed in Hubbali two days back while she was asleep allegedly for rejecting the love proposal of the accused man.