Chhattisgarh recruitment exam ‘scam’: ED alleges ₹45 lakh CSR payment to ex-CGPSC chief for favouring businessman's kin
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a prosecution complaint against the former Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission chief and six others for alleged recruitment irregularities. The agency claims the former chief received bribes disguised as CSR funding in exchange for manipulating 2021 state service exam results.
Why it matters
This case highlights systemic corruption in public sector recruitment and the misuse of CSR funds for personal gain, impacting public trust in government institutions.
The ED has claimed that arrested former Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) chairperson Taman Singh Sonwani received ₹45 lakh through an institution controlled by him in return for favouring a businessman's son and daughter-in-law in the 2021 State service examination.
The money he received was shown as corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding, it said, adding that the total proceeds of crime in this case is quantified so far to the tune of ₹3.28 crore.
The federal agency on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) filed its first prosecution complaint before a special court in Raipur in connection with the alleged irregularities and corruption in the CGPSC examination scam during the previous Congress government in the state.
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