ED Attaches Assets of Karnataka IPS Officer in Police SI Recruitment Scam

• The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets worth Rs 1.53 crore belonging to Karnataka IPS officer Amrit Paul and head constable Sridhar H.
• The attachment is part of a money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the 2021-22 police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment in Karnataka.
• Amrit Paul, a 1995-batch IPS officer, was arrested by Karnataka CID in 2022 for his alleged role in facilitating unauthorized access to OMR answer sheets.
• The ED alleges Paul allowed accomplices to tamper with OMR sheets of undeserving candidates, with bribes ranging from Rs 30 lakh-70 lakh per candidate.
• Separately, the ED also attached properties worth Rs 19.46 crore of BMS Educational Trust in a 'seat blocking scam' case.

Why It Matters: ED attaches assets of IPS officer and head constable in Karnataka SI recruitment scam, also targets BMS Trust.