India, Oct. 23 -- The Odisha government has handed over the probe into the police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment question paper leak case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Muna Mohanty, one of the main accused in the case, is among the 119 people arrested in the case. Sankar Prusty, an alleged mastermind behind the leak, is on the run.

In a statement on Wednesday, Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi's office said the leak possibly involves networks in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and other states. "...with suspicion of the involvement of inter-state organised criminal gangs, the chief minister decided to entrust the probe to the CBI to ensure a thorough and transparent investigation, and to bring all those involved to j...