Bhubaneswar

1,32,496 apply for police SI posts

PNS

A total of 1,32,496 candidates have submitted their applications online for recruitment in the rank of Sub-Inspector in the Odisha Police.Out of them, 97,506 are male and 34,964 are female. A total of 29,710 applicants are from the SC category and 24,193 in the ST group. The maximum percentage of aspirants is from the SEBC section under which 52,274 candidates have applied. As many as 26,319 candidates from the unreserved category have also applied for the selection test. Besides, 26 transgenders have also submitted applications. The cumulative number of candidates applied for the post may increase marginally after reconciliation of payment of examination fees, an Odisha police release said on Friday. The State police had invited applications to recruit 477 police personnel for Sub-Inspectors on June 22 and the last date for submission of applications was July 15.