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PSI recruitment exam scam: Rudragowda Patil used SIM card of a dead person

Rudragowda Patil, the prime accused in the PSI recruitment examination scam, had used a SIM card registered in the name of a person who died of COVID-19.

During the two-day interrogation by the CID, Mr. Patil confessed that he used the SIM card registered in the name of Lakshmiputra of Sonna village in Afzalpur taluk. 

It has also come to light that Mr. Patil and his associates used multiple SIM cards, registered in the name of strangers, to contact candidates appearing for the PSI recruitment examination.

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