In Chhattisgarh, the Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested five persons in connection with irregularities in the recruitment process of the State Public Service Commission examinations held in 2020 and 2021.
Those taken into custody include former Secretary of the Commission, Jeevan Kishore Dhruv, former Controller of Examinations, Arti Wasnik, Deputy Collector Sumit Dhruv, Deputy Collector Misha Kosle, and District Excise Officer Deepa Adil. Officials said, some of the accused are close relatives of senior Commission functionaries.
The arrests have been made as part of the ongoing probe into the alleged manipulation of examination results and favoritism in the selection of candidates for important administrative posts.
The case pertains to allegations that during the previous Congress regime in the State, the CGPSC officials got their son, daughter and relatives selected by rigging the recruitment process.
The CBI statement added that all five accused were arrested on Thursday (September 18, 2025) and were produced before a court in Raipur.
“In the 2021 recruitment cycle alone, 1,29,206 candidates appeared in the preliminary exam, of whom 2,548 got cleared for the mains. Out of these, 509 advanced to interviews, and 170 were finally appointed to various posts. Several of those ultimately selected were linked to serving officials of the Commission,” the release from CBI said.