Exams for the PSI posts were held in 2021. As many as 54,041 candidates appeared for the exam. The results were out in January 2022. Later, allegations surfaced that those who performed poorly in descriptive writing secured maximum marks in Paper 2. Then ADGP Amrit Paul was heading the recruitment division when the scam broke out and the OMR sheets were allegedly tampered with in the office. However, the police department has denied any irregularities in the recruitment test.
