India, Dec. 29 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed a comprehensive charge-sheet against 16 persons, including alleged mastermind Shankar Prusty, in the Odisha police sub-inspector recruitment examination scandal.

The preliminary charge-sheet, submitted before a designated CBI court in Bhubaneswar, contains documentary and material evidence against the accused, who are alleged to have engaged in systematic malpractices to manipulate the examination results, officials familiar with the development said.

Among those named in the chargesheet are Shankar Prusty, Muna Mohanty, Suresh Nayak, Soumya Priyadarshini Samal, Rinku Maharana, Biranchi Nayak and Nitish Kumar, apart from other accused whose roles remain under scrutiny...