Odisha Police SI recruitment scam: Centre issues notification for CBI probe

The Central Government has issued an official notification ordering a CBI investigation into the Odisha Police SI recruitment scam.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions under the Government of India issued the notification in this regard on Tuesday.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 read with section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, the Central Government with the consent of the State Government of Odisha, issued vide NotificationNo.37152, dated 31.10.2025, General Administration and Public Grievance Department, hereby extends the powers and jurisdiction of the members of the Delhi Special Police Establishment over the entire State of Odisha for investigation/supervision and other required action in the FIR No.CID CB PS vide case No. 07/2025 / dated 1st October 2025 registered at CID CB Police Station, Cuttack under sections 319(2)/318(4)/338 /336(3)340(2) /111/61(2) /3(5) BNS-2023, read with Sec 11(1)/12(1) of The Odisha Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act-2024 relating to irregularities in the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE) 2024 examination which was scheduled to be held on 5th & 6th October, 2025," read the notification.

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"The consent is also accorded for investigation of attempts, abetments and conspiracies in relation to or in connection with the offences in the said case and any other offences committed in the course of the same transaction arising out of the same facts," it added.

Earlier, some days back, the Crime Branch had decided to conduct a polygraph (lie detection) test on Shankar Prusty, the mastermind in the recruitment scam, after he allegedly failed to cooperate during the investigation.

The Crime Branch of Odisha Police had arrested Prusty from Uttarakhand near the Indo-Nepal border and brought him to Bhubaneswar.