After undergoing a rigorous 20-hour grilling by the CID on two consecutive days, IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar (IAS:2016:KN) has now been arrested. The CID arrested him late on Saturday night in connection with irregularities in the veterinary examination conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) exam scam.
Gangwar was later produced before a magistrate in Koramangala on Sunday afternoon, from where he was sent in judicial custody to Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, for one day. The magistrate directed the CID to produce him in open court on Monday and seek his police custody.
Currently posted as Director in the MSME Department, Gangwar was suddenly reported to have gone missing earlier last week and was later traced to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh visiting his ailing father.
According to sources, his arrest came after various incriminating documents related to the examination held to recruit veterinarians for 400 posts were found in his possession. Further, he was not cooperating when the CID team, led by SP Raghavendra K Hegde, questioned Gangwar for more than 20 hours on Friday and Saturday.
Gangwar was questioned about the irregularities based on the primary evidence collected in the case; he, however, allegedly did not cooperate with the investigation and gave contradictory answers during the two days of questioning.
The CID had virtually issued a notice to Gangwar asking him to appear before it after taking over the cases registered at Vidhana Soudha police station.
The ED too had raided his house in Jayamahal Extension in Bengaluru and served a notice to appear before it.
The aspirant complainants alleged that the question paper was leaked to selected candidates, and middlemen demanded Rs 70 lakh to Rs 80 lakh to help candidates pass the examination. Gangwar was then the controller of examinations at KPSC.
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