Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough in its probe into the Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment exam scam, the Odisha Crime Branch has arrested Sagar Kumar Gouda, a close aide of the main accused Shankar Prusty.

Police said Gouda, who hails from Balipada in Ganjam district and was a resident of the MKCG Medical College campus in Berhampur, played a major role in the scandal. ADVERTISEMENT

Gouda, aged around 22 years,played a key role in executing the fraudulent scheme linked to the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE)-2024, the Crime Branch said.

Acting on instructions from Pusty, he supervised operations under the ‘Balasore Module’, which was one of the centres of the organised conspiracy.

Investigators revealed that Gouda handled the logistical and ground-level arrangements f

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