Bhubaneswar, Dec. 11 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday secured two-day custody of four prime accused in the Odisha Police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment scam, including Muna Mohanty, Srikant Maharana, T. Abhimanyu Dora and Priyadarshini Samal.

Sources reported that all four were produced before a Bhubaneswar court, which granted remand to facilitate sustained questioning on their alleged roles in manipulating the examination process.

Separately, the CBI also obtained a two-day remand of Nitish Kumar, who was arrested in Bihar and brought to Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. His interrogation is expected to provide clarity on the emerging inter-state links that investigators have identified in recent phases of the probe. ...