Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 28 -- The Kerala Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested former Public Service Commission (PSC) Deputy Secretary P Satheesh in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment examination for the post of Chief of the State Planning Board, while PSC Chairman M R Baiju appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for questioning.
The arrest marks a major development in the probe into suspected manipulation of the examination evaluation process, which allegedly resulted in a candidate securing the top rank despite serious discrepancies in the assessment of answer scripts.
Investigators found that 10 questions carrying a total of 58 marks had been left unevaluated. The alleged irregularities have raised qu...