Overview
- Crime Branch officers arrested Munna Mohanty, Abhimanyu Dora, Srikant Maharana and Soumya Priyadarshini Samant in Nayagarh’s Daspalla area.
- With the latest detentions, authorities report about 123 people have been held, and they have seized a car, two buses and roughly 110 mobile phones for forensic analysis.
- Investigators allege Panchsoft director Sankar Prusty orchestrated the scheme from outside Odisha and remains absconding as a nationwide hunt continues.
- Police describe two operational hubs: Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh, where 114 candidates were intercepted en route to coaching on selected questions, and planned sessions for 110 candidates in Digha, West Bengal.
- Officials say candidates paid ₹10 lakh upfront with total deals of ₹20–25 lakh backed by collected certificates and blank cheques, and the sub‑inspector exam remains postponed after applications from about 1.53 lakh candidates for 933 posts.