Detectives in separate drives on Monday arrested 10 people including an
official of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in connection with
forgery in the Dhaka University 'Kha' unit and Jagannath University
admission tests and public service recruitment tests.
The fraudsters had provided admission seekers with answers in return for money, Moshiur Rahman, Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told reporters.
The arrestees were identified as ACC Assistant Inspector Mofizur Rahman, former officer of the National Bank Kafil Uddin Mahmud, BBA student of the American International University of Bangladesh Rafayet Sani, former DU students Abdullah Al Mamun of English Language (currently doing MBA at DU), Amitav Chowdhury Amit of Political Science, Nurul Huda aka Dollar Mahmud (Zia Hall, Room No. 103) of Journalism and Masscommunication, and Habibur Rahman Habib, fourth year JnU student of Economics, Rubel Biswas, fourth year JnU student, and Ishtiaque Ahmed Parash of Political Science and Sazzad Hossain of Microbiology of the same university.
They were produced before journalists at the Police Media Centre on Monday noon.
After the press conference, ACC's Assistant Inspector Mofiz told bdnews24.com that after the agreement, they provided examinees with a special kind of watches ranging from Tk 12,000 to Tk 14,000. Examinees could receive answers of questions inside the examination hall via short messaging facility in the watches.
Mofiz admitted to have provided answers by this method at several admission and selection tests in return for one lakh to one-and-a-half lakh taka.
Among the arrested, Rafayet Sani, Abdullah Al Mamun, Amitav Chowdhury Amit and Dollar Mahmud looked up answers of questions. Parash, Sazzad, Habib and Rubel were in charge of keeping regular correspondence with the examinees, while Mofiz and Kafil co-ordinated the entire activity.
"The gang of tricksters has committed fraud at several competitive examinations since 2009," said Additional Sub Commissioner Moshiur Rahman.
They had about a hundred mobile phones looking like watches in their possession and it had been established that they provided answers to about hundred examinees in each examination, said Moshiur.
They were arrested in raids conducted from Shahabagh to Khilgaon in the capital on Monday.
The forgery through the special watch first came to notice during the 'Ka' unit examination of the Jagannath University on Oct 12. Invigilators held one student who received a short message on the watch-cum-mobile shortly after examination began. An Awami League activist was also arrested when he tried to get the student freed.
Authorities later released them following intervention from the Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders.
Later, one examinee and two Awami League activists were arrested at the test for admission to the 'Kha' unit of the same university on Oct 19.
It was that day that detective police had held three people red-handed taking ransom for a Jagannath University examinee held captive in the Zia Hall of Dhaka University.
The fraudsters had provided admission seekers with answers in return for money, Moshiur Rahman, Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told reporters.
The arrestees were identified as ACC Assistant Inspector Mofizur Rahman, former officer of the National Bank Kafil Uddin Mahmud, BBA student of the American International University of Bangladesh Rafayet Sani, former DU students Abdullah Al Mamun of English Language (currently doing MBA at DU), Amitav Chowdhury Amit of Political Science, Nurul Huda aka Dollar Mahmud (Zia Hall, Room No. 103) of Journalism and Masscommunication, and Habibur Rahman Habib, fourth year JnU student of Economics, Rubel Biswas, fourth year JnU student, and Ishtiaque Ahmed Parash of Political Science and Sazzad Hossain of Microbiology of the same university.
They were produced before journalists at the Police Media Centre on Monday noon.
After the press conference, ACC's Assistant Inspector Mofiz told bdnews24.com that after the agreement, they provided examinees with a special kind of watches ranging from Tk 12,000 to Tk 14,000. Examinees could receive answers of questions inside the examination hall via short messaging facility in the watches.
Mofiz admitted to have provided answers by this method at several admission and selection tests in return for one lakh to one-and-a-half lakh taka.
Among the arrested, Rafayet Sani, Abdullah Al Mamun, Amitav Chowdhury Amit and Dollar Mahmud looked up answers of questions. Parash, Sazzad, Habib and Rubel were in charge of keeping regular correspondence with the examinees, while Mofiz and Kafil co-ordinated the entire activity.
"The gang of tricksters has committed fraud at several competitive examinations since 2009," said Additional Sub Commissioner Moshiur Rahman.
They had about a hundred mobile phones looking like watches in their possession and it had been established that they provided answers to about hundred examinees in each examination, said Moshiur.
They were arrested in raids conducted from Shahabagh to Khilgaon in the capital on Monday.
The forgery through the special watch first came to notice during the 'Ka' unit examination of the Jagannath University on Oct 12. Invigilators held one student who received a short message on the watch-cum-mobile shortly after examination began. An Awami League activist was also arrested when he tried to get the student freed.
Authorities later released them following intervention from the Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders.
Later, one examinee and two Awami League activists were arrested at the test for admission to the 'Kha' unit of the same university on Oct 19.
It was that day that detective police had held three people red-handed taking ransom for a Jagannath University examinee held captive in the Zia Hall of Dhaka University.