Rudragowda Patil, prime accused in the police sub inspectors’ recruitment exam scam, was arrested on Saturday and remanded in police custody for 13 days.
He was arrested near Pune in Maharashtra and was brought to Kalaburagi in the wee hours of Sunday. The accused was produced at the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, where the court granted 13 days of police custody and he was then handed over to the CID.
The CID officials traced the location of the mobile phone and arrested Patil and his associate involved in the scam, Mallikarjun S. Bidnur.