Considering the conduct of corruption-free entrance exams as a key duty of the chairman of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), a special court dealing with cases investigated by the CID unit of the state police on Tuesday rejected an anticipatory bail plea filed by suspended KPSC chairman Sahukar S Shivashankarappa in the alleged veterinarians recruitment scam case. Shivashankarappa is also under investigation by the CID for alleged fraud in the recruitment of 400 veterinarians for the Karnataka Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department. The former KPSC chairman, who was suspended in July this year by the state Governor in connection with another case of alleged fraud, is also accused in the veterinarians recruitment case registered by Bengaluru police on July 25. The chairman was suspended after it was found that his daughter was allegedly recruited as an industrial extension officer using a fake income certificate under the OBC quota. He has been booked for cheating by breach of contract under Section 318(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and under the Karnataka Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Corruption and Unfair Means of Recruitment) Act, 2023.