Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge clarified on Saturday that senior IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar, who served as former controller of examinations in the state public service commission, has travelled to Uttar Pradesh to tend to his ill father.
The clarification followed reports that Kumar had gone missing after recent Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids linked to irregularities in the recruitment of veterinary officers. A senior IAS officer had also reportedly sought the Bengaluru police commissioner’s assistance in tracing Kumar.
“Gyanendra Kumar is not missing. He came to know that his father was suffering from a heart-related illness and immediately travelled to Uttar Pradesh to see him. However, after officials verified the matter, Kharge said there was no basis to describe the officer as missing and maintained that he had travelled due to a family emergency.
Before leaving, he informed his senior officer through email,” Kharge said. The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided the KPSC premises, former KPSC chairman Shiva Shankarappa Sahukar, member Shanta Hosmani and others as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the veterinary officer recruitment examination.
