Holenarasipur (Hassan): The elder brother of one of the accused candidate in the PSI exam scam that was unearthed recently, reportedly committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Gunjevu village, Holenarasipur taluk of Hassan district late on Tuesday night.
The deceased is identified as G.R. Vasu, elder brother of PSI candidate G.R. Manukumar, who has been arrested by the CID which is probing the scam. Manukumar is said to have secured 50th rank in the exam held for recruitment of 545 PSIs. Vasu is said to have borrowed huge sums of money for enabling his younger brother to become a PSI. Vasu may have slipped into depression after learning that his brother had been arrested in connection with the PSI exam scam.
