In a significant development, the fifth middleman in the police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment sabotage in Odisha, has been arrested by the Crime Branch on Sunday.

The middleman has been identified as Aravind Das who is a resident of Balasore district. Das has been arrested by the Crime Branch in connection with a case registered at Golanthara Police Station in Berhampur.

During the investigation, suspicious documents were recovered from Aravind which is expected to help trace the broader network involved in the fraud. Prior to this, 114 candidates and four other middlemen had already been arrested in connection with the case.

Preliminary investigations revealed that aspirants were taken out of the state for ‘special coaching,’ while their certificates were reportedly held as collateral

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