India, Aug. 30 -- CID officials arrested IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar over alleged irregularities in the KPSC recruitment examination for veterinary officers, official sources said on Sunday.

He was subsequently produced before a First Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at the judge's residence and was remanded to judicial custody. He was later taken to Parappana Agrahara prison, they added.

The judge directed that Gangwar be produced before the open court on Monday, when the CID is likely to seek his custody, sources said.

The development came after CID officials questioned Gangwar on Friday and Saturday after he appeared before the investigating officer in response to a notice issued to him.

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