Bengaluru: Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the money laundering linked to bribes allegedly collected from candidates in the veterinary doctors’ recruitment scam, filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against the four accused: suspended IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar, suspended Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chief Shivashankarappa Sahukar, suspended KPSC member BV Geetha and middleman Basavaraj Kannale.The prosecution complaint, filed before a special court, runs into 585 pages and contains statements of over 50 witnesses, including candidates who had appeared for the scam-hit exam and staffers of a Devanahalli resort where some candidates were provided with answer scripts with question keys a day before the exam.It also contains statements from staffers of a cooperative bank in Bidar, confirming the transactions showing that bribes paid by many candidates were routed through Kannale and also that the same money was used to purchase gold and diamond jewellery worth around Rs 52 lakh for Gangwar’s female friend. Bank statements of the transactions, statements from the jewel shop staffers at Commercial Street where the purchases were made, photos of CCTV showing Gangwar with his female friend in the shop are also part of the document.“We have attached the details of seized properties of the accused persons. Gyanendra Kumar’s land in Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, Geetha’s land in Belagavi, Sahukar’s land near his hometown in Shahapur, etc. are mentioned in the prosecution complaint,” a source said.The prosecution complaint also contains a letter written by a senior ED official to the state chief secretary in Aug, accusing Gangwar of direct involvement in the KPSC recruitment examination scam. According to the letter, Gangwar had received around Rs 1 crore from the candidates.Manipulation of merit listKarnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) is embroiled in a major recruitment scam centred on the Jan 2026 examination for 400 veterinary officer posts. According to investigations by ED and the state CID, an organised syndicate leaked question papers, manipulated provisional merit lists, and tampered with OMR sheets in exchange for bribes ranging from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 80 lakh per candidate. Some aspirants were allegedly taken to private resorts near Bengaluru prior to the exam to memorise leaked answer keys.Following the court orders, a special investigation team (SIT) has been formed to probe the scam. It is headed by ADGP R Hitendra.
