India, Aug. 6 -- Five more people, including four job aspirants, have been arrested in connection with the probe into alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examinations, which triggered protests and an indefinite hunger strike in Ranchi.

In a statement late on Wednesday, the Jharkhand Police's Crime Investigation Department (CID) identified the five as Umakant Oraon, Rakshak Singh, Roshan Kerketta, and Manoj Kumar, who had cleared the preliminary state civil services examination and doubled up as agents for a syndicate, and Dharmendra Kumar, a computer operator with a former JPSC chairman.

The fresh arrests were made on the day the student protest against the irregularities entered its 12th day, and th...