India, Nov. 11 -- More than two weeks after the Odisha government agreed to hand over the police sub inspector recruitment scam case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Personnel and Training on Tuesday authorised the central agency to take over the case from the state CID .

In a notification, the ministry said it has allowed CBI to investigate and supervise the case originally registered at the state's CID-CB Police Station, Cuttack on September 30.

CID officials said CBI would now lodge a FIR and start investigation.

On September 30, the Berhampur police said it busted a question paper leak racket after its officials stopped three air-conditioned buses carrying 117 people near the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border. S...