IAS Officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar Goes Missing in Bengaluru

A 2016-batch IAS officer, Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar, has gone missing in Bengaluru. He was last seen at Kempegowda International Airport, where he had purchased a flight ticket to New Delhi on Indigo Airlines using his HDFC credit card. The ticket was bought just one and a half hours before the flight departed, and it is not known if he boarded the flight or not.

Gangwar, who is the present Managing Director of MSME, had worked earlier with the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) as examination controller. His disappearance has raised many doubts, especially given the ongoing row over the KPSC scam. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) had recently raided the tainted Chairman and other officials, uncovering alleged paper leaks and a resort training racket.

The ED raids, which lasted for over 46 hours in over 18 premises of the State, revealed that examination papers were leaked in earlier recruitment processes. The ED has given a list of examinations when the question papers were leaked and the people involved in it. Based on the ED information, the SIT started registering fresh FIRs, including against some of the officers who had worked with KPSC earlier.

One such officer, senior officer Shantha Kumari, was taken for questioning on August 20 morning. An hour after the SIT took Kumari for questioning, Gangwar booked a ticket to Delhi with Indigo Airlines. His mobile location shows reaching KIA and switching off at the airport. Since then, his whereabouts are not known.

The Bengaluru police are searching for Gangwar, and the city police have reported to the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh that his mobile had been switched off since he reached the airport. The police are trying to determine if Gangwar had boarded the flight or not, and what his current whereabouts are.

The KPSC scam has been taking a new twist every day, with new names coming out after the ED raid. The first two complaints against the Chairman were selecting his two daughters as Industrial Extension Officers, without declaring that they were his children. Besides, his daughters had submitted false income certificates saying that their family income was only ₹ 40,000 per annum.

The government had formed a SIT to probe into the allegations, and the ED raids have confirmed the allegations. The ED has revealed that the examination papers were leaked in earlier recruitment processes, and the people involved in it. The SIT is registering fresh FIRs, including against some of the officers who had worked with KPSC earlier.

The disappearance of Gangwar has added a new twist to the KPSC scam probe, and the police are working to determine his whereabouts. The case is being closely watched, and the outcome is expected to have significant implications for the KPSC and the government.

The KPSC scam has highlighted the need for greater transparency and accountability in the recruitment process. The government has taken steps to address the issue, but more needs to be done to prevent such scams in the future. The disappearance of Gangwar has raised many questions, and the police are working to provide answers.

In conclusion, the disappearance of IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar has added a new twist to the KPSC scam probe. The police are searching for him, and the outcome is expected to have significant implications for the KPSC and the government. The case highlights the need for greater transparency and accountability in the recruitment process, and the government must take steps to address the issue and prevent such scams in the future.