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Days aft 114 constabulary sub-inspector aspirants were arrested successful transportation with the recruitment scam, the Biju Janata Dal connected Friday (October 3, 2025) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party Government successful Odisha of complicity and released photographs of the premier fishy with Chief Minister Mohan Majhi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and different elder BJP leaders.
“The Panchsoft Private Limited, which was sublet for conducting written introspection for posts of sub-inspector of police, has been nether scanner. Panchsoft main Shankar Prusti is simply a BJP subordinate and alleged kingpin of the recruitment scam. He has photographs with Odisha CM and respective BJP leaders,” alleged BJD Student Wing President Ipsita Sahu.
Dismissing BJP President Manmohan Samal’s assertion that the enactment had nary relation successful the scam, Ms. Sahu said it was not acceptable and pointed retired that Prusti, who is progressive successful recruitment scam, had formally joined BJP successful the beingness of Mr. Samal.”
“It is troubling to enactment arsenic to however an inexperienced steadfast similar Panchsoft was fixed delicate work of conducting introspection for 933 posts of SI. The engagement of BJP leaders successful the scam is clear,” she said.
According to BJD, the advertisement for filling up of 933 sub-inspector of constabulary was issued successful the period of January 2025.
“The cardinal nationalist assemblage portion Indian Telephone Industries Limited was entrusted with conducting the examination. The ITI successful crook partnered with Gujarat-based Richminds Digital Private Limited for handling the assignment. The ITI removed Richminds Digital Private Limited and brought successful Odisha-based Silicon Digitech arsenic partner. Silicon Digitech, successful turn, subcontracted the enactment to an inexperienced Berhampur-based firm, Panchsoft Technologies. Panchsoft allegedly took ample sums of wealth to manipulate the recruitment process and merchantability jobs,” charged BJD pupil helping chief.
Cancellation of examination
In the past 15 months, arsenic galore arsenic 16 recruitment examinations person been cancelled astatine the past moment, causing terrible disappointment to occupation aspirants, she further alleged.
The BJD demanded a CBI enquiry into the occupation scam alleging deserving candidates were deprived of jobs successful the State arsenic jobs were sold successful lieu of immense magnitude of wealth and it was murkier than Vyapam scam.
According to Berhampur police, the arrested candidates confessed to paying ₹25 lakh each for the job— ₹10 lakh upfront and the remaining ₹15 lakh aft confirmation of appointment. Among those arrested was the lad of a retired constabulary officer.
As galore arsenic 114 aspirants for sub-inspector of constabulary were caught portion being taken by buses extracurricular the State to entree leaked question papers. The Crime Branch of the State constabulary has begun an enquiry into the scam.
Retired constabulary officers pointed retired that recruitment for SI posts involves aggregate stages—written test, carnal examination, and interview. They said specified ample sums of wealth would not person been paid simply to wide the written test, suggesting that immoderate elder authorities officers indispensable person assured the candidates of clearing the carnal and interrogation rounds arsenic well.
