After getting the central government’s approval, the CBI has registered an FIR and taken over the probe into alleged irregularities in Odisha’s police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment examination.

Officials said the central agency will investigate the “attempts, abetments and conspiracies” in connection with the alleged scam. An officer of Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) rank has been assigned to investigate the matter. The agency will soon form a team and conduct searches, said officials.

The recruitment scam came to light after an anonymous phone call on September 30 tipped off police in Odisha’s Berhampur about a possible paper leak in the examination scheduled for October 5 and 6. Based on this, police intercepted three buses carrying 114 aspirants to Hyderabad , allegedly

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