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Odisha police-job-for-cash scam: Court grants bail to 114 arrested job seekers

Bhubaneswar, 29 October (UNI) A Special Vigilance Court in Odisha’s Berhampur city has granted conditional bail to 114 job aspirants who were earlier arrested in connection with the much-publicized jobs-for-cash scam in the police sub-inspector recruitment examination.
Till date, as many as 123 persons, including nine middlemen, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the scam. While the court granted bail to 114 job-seekers who had colluded with the scammers to pass the test, nine others who perpetrated the scam by luring the aspirants to get the police SI job in exchange of huge sums of money were denied bail. The middlemen were allegedly paid Rs 10 lakh in advance by the job seekers, who were told to pay an additional sum of Rs 15 to Rs 20 lakh after getting the job.
The court allowed bail to 114 accused persons on Rs 50,000 bail bond along with two sureties for each accused. Besides, they were asked to cooperate with investigating agencies in the probe as and when required.
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