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ED Attaches Properties in Karnataka PSI Scam and BMS Seat-Blocking Probe

Provisional orders target assets suspected as proceeds of Karnataka recruitment, admissions fraud.

Overview

  • ED provisionally attached assets worth ₹1.53 crore linked to suspended IPS officer Amrit Paul and head constable Sridhar H under the PMLA on Friday.
  • Investigators allege Paul enabled access to the strongroom for OMR tampering, with bribes of ₹30–70 lakh per candidate routed into residential properties.
  • The agency earlier filed a prosecution complaint in the PSI money-laundering case, and a court has taken cognisance of the offence.
  • In a separate action dated January 21, ED attached a plot and two flats worth ₹19.46 crore belonging to trustees of the BMS Educational Trust.
  • Searches in 2025 seized ₹1.86 crore in cash and uncovered diary entries and WhatsApp chats indicating about ₹20.20 crore of unaccounted collections from engineering seat sales, with both probes continuing based on police FIRs.