Bhubaneswar: The students’ and youth wings of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday took out a protest march from Master Canteen to Lower PMG Square in Bhubaneswar, demanding a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in now-postponed Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE) 2024.

The written examination for recruitment of sub-inspectors conducted by the Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB) was postponed after Berhampur Police busted a major recruitment racket with the arrest of 114 aspirants and three middlemen from the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border on September 30 for allegedly attempting to secure jobs through unfair means. Subsequent investigation revealed the role of an “organised criminal syndicate” to subvert the entire examination process. ADVERTISEMENT

The protestors, holding banners

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