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Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, May 27: The State Cabinet has decided to drop the prosecution of former chairman and former nine members of the Karnataka State Public Service Commission (KPSC) for their alleged role in the recruitment scam in 2011.

Law and parliamentary affairs and home minister Basavaraj Bommai, who briefed reporters on the decisions taken at the State Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday, said the State Cabinet decided to drop the prosecution of the former chairman and former nine members of the KPSC since the then secretary was exonerated from the allegations.

The KPSC secretary, who was the custodian of the examination, including preparing question papers and conducting examinations, was exonerated from the charges of malpractice.

The CID conducted an inquiry into alleged irregularities in the selection of candidates for gazetted probationary group A and B for the year 2011. Several candidates complained of corruption in the selection process.

Bommai said the issue of prosecution was discussed in the State Legislative Assembly and the opposition objected to the prosecution of the former chairman and former members of the KPSC.

The BJP government had set up a cabinet sub-committee to seek President Ram Nath Kovind’s permission to prosecute former chairman and former members of the KPSC.

Now, the state government has decided to drop the prosecution process.