Bhubaneswar : A special Vigilance court in Berhampur has granted bail to 114 out of 123 accused in the Odisha Police SI recruitment scam.

According to reports, the accused were arrested for their alleged involvement in the scam. The accused include 114 aspirants who had applied for the Sub-Inspector post and 7 middlemen. While the aspirants were granted bail, the court rejected the bail plea of the 7 middlemen.

The scam came to light when police intercepted three buses carrying the accused near the Andhra Pradesh border on September 29. The aspirants had allegedly paid Rs 25 lakh each to the middlemen to get the question papers in advance and appear for the exam.

The police investigation revealed that the aspirants had traveled from Bhubaneswar to Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh to coll

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