2 aides of tainted IPS officer held

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ARRESTED MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF A

CIVIL SERVICE COACHING CENTRE ALLEGEDLY PROVIDING SCIENTIFIC HELP TO KARIM DURING HIS CHEATING ATTEMPT

: The Tamil Nadu police on Saturday arrested two men from Kerala capital for allegedly assisting a probationary IPS officer cheat during the civil services exams in Chennai earlier in the week.

P Jamshad and Shareeb Khan, the manager and director of a civil service coaching centre, were held for allegedly providing scientific support to tainted officer Safeer Karim during his cheating attempt.

Police said Karim had revealed their role in the fraud during investigation. The duo was later taken to Tamil Nadu for more questioning.

Kerala’s Karim was caught using electronic gadgets, including a spy cam and mobile, while giving the national-level exam at Chennai’s Presidency Girls Higher Secondary School.

His wife Joyce was also arrested from Hyderabad for allegedly providing him answers. Both were remanded in custody but Joyce was granted bail later after the couple’s oneyear-old daughter fell ill.

During questioning, Karim reportedly told the police that he was influenced by Malyalam movie Bharatchandran IPS and Sanjay Dutt- starrer Munnabhai MBBS to carry out the fraud.

Karim, who cleared the civil services examination in 2014 with 112th rank, was made a part of the Indian Police Service (IPS) but he appeared for the main examination this year to improve his rank and get into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

He was also conducting civil service coaching classes in three states — Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Swedish firm Saab AB’s chairman Marcus Wallenberg met Indian government officials this week to explore the possibility of expanding aerospace collaboration, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

Wallenberg met science and technology minister YS Chowdary and Andhra Pradesh officials earlier this week, along with a delegation of Swedish officials, the person mentioned above said, declining to be named.

The talks included leveraging Sweden’s strengths in high technology areas such as aerospace, as also food processing, in Andhra Pradesh, said a second person aware of the matter .

The possibility of setting up a light aircraft manufacturing facility was discussed at the meeting, the first person cited above said.

Aerospace manufacturing has seen steady growth in Hyderabad in the past few years with the Tata group making parts for Boeing and Lockheed Martin, among others, on the city’s outskirts, besides dozens of other small and

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