Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch has arrested the mastermind of the SI recruitment scam, Shankar Prusty, in Uttarakhand on the India-Nepal border. Prusty, wanted by the Crime Branch, had been absconding since the scam was exposed and was hiding on the Nepal border.

Three Teams of Crime Branch were conducting operations at various places to arrest Prusty. With the fresh arrest, the number of middlemen arrested in the racket reached 10.

After arresting him, he is being taken back to Odisha on transit remand for further investigation. Earlier, the Crime Branch had arrested two main associates of Shankar Prusty, identified as Muna Mohanty and Rinku Moharana.

The two accused were approaching SI exam candidates on behalf of Shankar. The examination, conducted by the Odisha Police Recruitment Bo

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