Manjunath Melakundi, an Assistant Engineer at the Irrigation Department who was one of the prime accused in the PSI recruitment scam, surrendered before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday.
Mr. Melakundi who was on the run for the last 20 days after the scam came to light surrendered before the CID sleuths at the Aiwan-e-Shahi State Guest House. On April 26, a local court had issued arrest warrants against six accused in the case including Mr. Melakundi.
“I am neither involved in this scam nor was I absconding. I was getting treatment at Mangaluru for the last two weeks,” Mr. Melakundi told media persons before surrendering to the CID.
