The State government on Thursday decided to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to further investigate the PSI recruitment scam. The decision follows recommendation by B. Veerappa Commission that inquired into the scam earlier.
Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, in his post-Cabinet briefing on Thursday, said that the commission identified 113 persons, including government officials, middlemen, and private persons involved in the recruitment scam. “Despite the commission issuing notices, some persons did not depose before the commission though they made statements publicly. Hence, the commission recommended to the State government to institute a SIT since it had criminal and corruption nature. The Cabinet accepted the recommendation,” he said.
While the SIT will look into aspects raised by the commission, the Minister said that the CID is parallelly investigating 17 cases.
