15 more people identified over question paper fraudulence

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) information of 15 people involved in question paper leaking for the recruitment test of five state-run banks.

Officials on Friday (November 12) said they found the information while interrogating six detainees including three bank officers.

“During interrogation, the remanded detainees said, on the exam day 15 more people were involved in the question people leaking. They helped the job seekers to memorise the questions and answers on exam day. Their detailed address was found. Drives are underway to hold them,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Tejgaon DB Shahadat Hossain said.

At least two lakh jobseekers took the recruitment test on Saturday from 3:00pm. The one-hour exam was supervised by Bangladesh Bank's Bankers' Selection Committee.

The DB official said the syndicate was supposed to get Tk 7-15 lakh from each jobseeker. It took 20 percent of the money before the MCQ test. It was supposed to take 20 percent before the written test and the rest after the job is secured.

The DB has got a list of around 200 jobseekers who bought the question paper. It, however, believes the total number of such frauds would be more than 2,000, he said.

The arrestees are: Muktaruzzaman Royel, 26, the ICT technician of the university; three bankers -- Jane Alam Milon, 34, senior officer at Rupali Bank in Savar, Shamsul Haque Shyamol, 34, officer at Janata Bank in Gulshan, and Mostafizur Rahman Milon, 38, senior officer at Pubali Bank in Chawk Bazar; and Raisul Islam Swapan, 36, who got the syndicate clients.

A case was filed with Badda Police Station under the Digital Security Act and the Public Examinations Act against 28 people over the scam.

Police were trying to arrest all the accused.

The DB said they got a tip-off a day before the exam and conducted an undercover operation on the test day. A DB official impersonating as a jobseeker contacted Swapan and paid him in advance for the question paper. Later, Swapan took the officer to a booth in Badda, where the accused was caught red-handed along with the questions, Hafiz said.

A DB team waited till the exam ended at 4:00pm and found that the questions had in fact been leaked.