DGP orders CB probe into postal recruitment

The Crime Branch will investigate the case of postal department recruitment scam said DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal.

As per the sources, Balangir Town police have arrested 19 persons including prime accused Manoj Mishra, his associate Alok Udgata and 17 others concerning the case. The bank account was also freezed of Mishra and his associates, informed a police officer.

Bansal said, recruitment has pan-India links, Cyber experts were also roped in to examine the computer and external hard drive seized from him.

The process also involved  team of officers of Balangir police who were examining over 1,500 fake certificates of boards of secondary education, colleges and universities of different states which were seized from Mishra.