Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police today arrested Shankar Prusty, the mastermind in the alleged Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment examination scam, from near Nepal border in Uttarakhand.

Prusty had managed flee Odisha and travelled to Nepal via Delhi soon after the arrest of 114 SI aspirants in connection with the scam in last month, reports said.

A team of the Crime Branch nabbed Prusty from near Nepal border while he was trying to return India through Uttarakhand. He was reportedly planning to travel to Dubai, they added.

Lookout circular had been issued against Shankar Prusty

Earlier, the Crime Branch had issued lookout circulars against Prusty and his key associate Muna Mohanty in connection with the SI recruitment exam scam in Odisha. However, the cops had managed arrest

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