The Odisha government has decided to hand over the probe of the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of police Sub-Inspector to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved a proposal to hand over the investigation to the CBI, citing the spread of the scam to multiple states, including Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Involvement of an inter-state organised criminal syndicate in the alleged scam is also being suspected. The Crime Branch of Odisha Police, which is currently investigating the case, has so far arrested 123 people, including 114 aspirants for the police Sub-Inspector job. The bust led the Odisha Police Recruitment Board to postpone the exam indefinitely, citing unforeseen circumstances. About one lakh fifty-three thousand job aspirants had applied for 933 police sub-inspector posts in the Odisha police.