Bengaluru court acquits former KPSC Chairman H.N Krishna and six others in 1998 batch KAS selection scam case

In a verdict that brings astir a two-decade-long ineligible conflict to a close, a Bengaluru tribunal has acquitted each 7 accused persons successful the alleged scam successful the process of enactment to the Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ gazetted probationers posts successful the infamous 1998 batch by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).

The acquitted see erstwhile KPSC president H.N. Krishna (Accused No. 1), 2 selected candidates, Asha Parveen (Accused No. 2) and Salma Firdous (Accused No. 3), and 3 past employees of KPSC, K. Narasimha, P. Gopi Krishna and M.B. Banakar (Accused No. 5, 6, and 7). They were acquitted from the charges of cheating, forgery, and transgression conspiracy. Another accused was dropped from the transgression proceedings astatine an earlier stage.