: The Odisha Crime Branch Saturday arrested a key member of an organised crime syndicate accused of manipulating the sub-inspector (SI) recruitment examination, even as opposition parties stepped up demands for a CBI probe or a judicial inquiry into the alleged scam.

The Crime Branch, which has been assigned the investigation of the case after the state government suspected sabotage in the recruitment process said in a statement, “Preliminary probe revealed that an organised criminal syndicate is operating to subvert the entire examination process by adopting unfair means for monetary gain.”

The written examination for the recruitment of SIs in the police was postponed by the Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB) September 30 after the Berhampur Police arrested 117 people, including 114

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