LUCKNOW, June 9 -- The Uttar Pradesh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested three more accused in the alleged large-scale irregularities in the 2018 village development officer (VDO) recruitment examination. Several other accused were arrested in earlier phases of the investigation.

The latest arrests were made under the agency's ongoing drive "Operation Shikanja," aimed at tracing and apprehending wanted accused in examination scams. Officials said the trio had been evading arrest and were picked up from different districts on Monday (June 8).

"The accused have been identified as Gangesh Kumar of Azamgarh, Vipin Chaudhary of Sant Kabir Nagar and Sushil Kumar of Jaunpur. Gangesh was arrested from Sidhari police station premises, Vipin wa...