Overview
- A fresh complaint from the Save University Campaign Committee has asked the state to investigate the PSC’s special Dy.SP recruitment and to withhold the top candidate’s appointment pending inquiry.
- The candidate named in the complaint, Jithin K. J., has denied wrongdoing and said he appears on other PSC rank lists, while the PSC has issued an advice memo but training clearance remains unresolved.
- The Crime Branch Special Investigation Team has broadened its scrutiny of PSC recruitments and examinations, and investigators have questioned senior officials as part of the review.
- PSC secretary Saju George told investigators on Monday that chair M. R. Baiju frequently made unilateral decisions and appointed interview panel members without consulting other commission members.
- The controversy matters because direct recruitment to the Dy.SP cadre is the first since 1983 and these appointments serve as an entry point to the state police leadership, leaving pending hires and the PSC’s credibility at stake.