CBI arrests five more in CGPSC scam case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested five persons — including a retired IAS officer and his son, a deputy collector rank official — in connection with alleged irregularities in the selection of candidates for the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) examination (2020 and ‘21), the agency stated on Friday (September 19, 2025).

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 latest arrests include that of Jeevan Kishore Dhruv, former IAS officer and the then secretary of CGPSC; his son and deputy collector, Sumit Dhruv; Arti Wasnik, the then Controller of Examinations; Misha Kosle, a deputy collector and daughter-in-law of the then CGPSC chairman’s brother; and Deepa Adil, a District Excise Officer and also related to the family of former CGPSC chairman Taman Singh Sonwani. Mr. Sonwani, a co-accused in the case, has already been arrested.

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.