PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to accelerate its probe into irregularities in the 2010 additional private secretary (APS) recruitment after the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) granted permission to investigate its officers allegedly involved in the case. The decision comes four-and-a-half years after the CBI first sought cooperation from the Commission.

Notably, CBI director Praveen Sood wrote to the state chief secretary on May 26, warning that in the absence of concrete progress within 30 days, the agency might close investigations prematurely for lack of cooperation. The commission responded on June 25 by forwarding formal approval to the CBI.

The commission had kept the approva...