The company’s Bengaluru zonal workplace is finishing up search and seizure operations underneath Part 17 of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), protecting 21 premises throughout Karnataka and Ahmedabad, they mentioned.
The searches embody the KPSC workplace, the residence of suspended KPSC Chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar, and the premises of KPSC member Shanta Hosmani. The company can be looking places linked to alleged middlemen and Edutest Options Pvt Ltd, the entity liable for the digital analysis of examination papers, officers mentioned.
Premises linked to candidates chosen for the publish of Veterinary Officers are additionally being searched as a part of the operation.
The searches are being performed throughout Bengaluru, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Raichur, Karwar, Kalaburgi and Belagavi in Karnataka, in addition to a location in Ahmedabad, officers mentioned.
The ED’s motion is a part of its investigation into alleged irregularities within the KPSC recruitment course of.
