Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Police have arrested BJP leader Divya Hagargi in connection with the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment scam. The CID, on Thursday night, arrested Divya and two other suspects Archana and Sunanda at Pune in Maharashtra.

The CID Police team led by SP Raghavendra Hegade managed to nab Divya and her accomplices who went absconding after a complaint was registered at Chowk Police Station.

Police sources said that Divya and others were nabbed while they were dining at a restaurant in Pune and were brought to Kalaburagi this morning. She is the 18th accused to be arrested in the case. Divya runs Jnana Jyothi Institution in Kalaburagi and was the President of BJP Mahila Morcha.  Her name cropped up in the CID’s probe after a candidate named Veeresh secured 121 marks in the recruitment examination despite attempting only 21 questions. His exam centre was Jnana Jyothi Institution. Veeresh had secured 7th rank, but the probe revealed there was malpractice.