​​​​​​​Bhubaneswar, Oct 22: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe the Odisha Police SI recruitment scam.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced it on Wednesday.

The SI recruitment scam that involves some organised gangs & spread across multistate networks needs to be thoroughly probed. The syndicate involved in the SI job fraud, should come to the limelight soon whereas the accomplices behind the srceen should be sternly punished by law, said a statement realeased by the Odisha CM.

The release also read, the Crime Branch of the Odisha Police during its investigation, unveiled links of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal based criminal gangs and organised inter-state fraudsters, with the SI recruitment scam.

In view of a free and fair investigation into the case, the Odisha Crime Branch has been asked to hand over the case to the central investigation agency, the release added.