Overview

• Those arrested are then CGPSC secretary Jeevan Kishore Dhruv, his son and deputy collector Sumit Dhruv, former controller of examination Arti Wasnik, deputy collector Misha Kosle, and district excise officer Deepa Adil.
• The case concerns 2020–2022 recruitments where senior officials allegedly manipulated exams and interviews to secure posts for their children and relatives.
• All five are to be produced in court for police remand as the CBI pursues leads to identify additional suspect candidates.
• Earlier arrests include the then CGPSC chairman, the then deputy controller of examinations, four selected candidates, and a private person, all in judicial custody.
• CBI-cited figures for CGPSC 2021 show 129,206 candidates sat the prelims and 170 were ultimately selected, underscoring the scale of the recruitment.