Archive · 11 Nov 2025
Centre Approves CBI Probe into Odisha Sub-Inspector Recruitment Scam
Imagine a test to become a police officer in Odisha.
Some people tried to cheat the system to help others get the job, even if they weren't the best.
They asked for a lot of money from those who wanted to be officers.
The police found out about this cheating when they caught people trying to go to a special 'study center' with the promise of a job.
Now, a special police group called the CBI will investigate who was involved and how widespread the cheating was, as it might have happened in other states too.
The government wants to make sure the test was fair for everyone.
Centre grants permission for CBI investigation into Odisha sub-inspector recruitment scam.
Odisha Police Crime Branch has arrested 125 individuals in connection with the scam.
The scam involves alleged payment of Rs 10 lakh by aspirants for jobs, with further payments promised.
Irregularities were uncovered after 114 aspirants and brokers were apprehended near the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.
Suspected inter-state criminal gangs and corruption links are being investigated across multiple states.
- Who
- The Centre has approved the CBI to investigate a sub-inspector recruitment scam.
- What
- A multi-crore sub-inspector recruitment scam involving alleged corruption and conspiracy.
- When
- The irregularities were detected after 114 aspirants and three brokers were nabbed on the night of September 29.
- Where
- Odisha, with suspected links to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
- Why
- To investigate alleged corruption, attempt, instigation, and conspiracy in the recruitment process.
Perpetrators
Investigation
Scope of Corruption
Perpetrators
Mastermind Sankar Prusty claims the scam involves irregularities worth Rs 1,000 crore and that he surrendered to expose others.
Investigation
The Crime Branch has arrested 125 people, suspecting the scam's roots extend to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, with involvement of inter-state criminal gangs.
- Scam Type
- Sub-inspector recruitment scam
- Number of Sub-inspectors to be Recruited
- 933
- Arrested in Scam
- 125 people
- Amount Paid by Aspirants (per person)
- Rs 10 lakh (initial payment)
- Alleged Total Scam Value
- Rs 1,000 crore (claimed by mastermind)
- Recruitment Board
- Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB)
- Contracted Examination Conduct
- PSU ITI Ltd (sub-contracted to Silicon Techlab, which assigned work to Panchsoft Technologies)