SI Exam scam : Another suspect in the multi-crore in Odisha gets apprehended by the Crime Branch
SI Exam scam: Bhubaneswar According to a news release issued by the Crime Branch on Monday, Odisha police have detained yet another important suspect in relation to the multi-crore Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment test fraud.
The offender was identified by the Crime Branch as Suresh Nayak, the proprietor of M/s Silicon Tech Pvt. Ltd., who was exclusively in charge of creating, printing, and shipping the test question papers.
It is important to note that ITI Limited was given the task of conducting the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE)-2024 for SI recruitment by the Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB), and that company subsequently subleased the contract to M/s Silicon Tech Pvt. Ltd.
Panchsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was allegedly hired by the private agency to carry out important aspects of the test procedure.
The whole SI recruiting fraud was masterminded by Sankar Prusty, Director of Panchsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd., with the assistance of his colleagues Muna Mohanty, Srikanta Maharana, also known as Rinku, Arabinda Das, T. Abhimanyu Dora, and Priyadarsini Samal, the Crime Branch discovered throughout the inquiry.
The mastermind, Prusty, had previously been apprehended by a Crime Branch squad from Uttarakhand, which is located near the Indo-Nepal border, while he was purportedly trying to escape the nation.
The Crime Branch said that Nayak and Prusty had a tight relationship.
Investigation revealed that Nayak maintained constant communication with Prusty, the mastermind. There is proof that Nayak gave Prusty a place to stay at his business guest home in Kalkaji, New Delhi, and then warned him to leave the area and avoid being arrested and investigated by the police. This obviously shows their connection, the Crime Branch claimed.
Interestingly, after intercepting three buses in Andhra Pradesh on the evening of September 29, the Odisha Police were the first to uncover the extensive fraud, arresting 114 candidates and three intermediaries.
As the inquiry progressed, many more of the mastermind’s colleagues were later taken into custody.