DHAKA, July 11, 2024 (BSS) - A Dhaka Court today fixed July 16 for holding a 
hearing on the application to remand six people in a case lodged over the 
allegations of question papers leaking in various government recruitment 
tests.

For the sake of proper investigation, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh 
Chowdhury fixed the date today as the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case 
CID Additional Special Superintendent of Police Jewel Chakma applied 10-day 
remand for each of the accused.

The other five accused are-- Deputy Directors of Bangladesh Public Service 
Commission (PSC) Jahangir Alam, 58, and Abu Zafar, 57, Assistant Director SM 
Alamgir Kabir, 49, Defense and Finance Department (BOF) auditor Priyanath 
Roy, 51, Mirpur garment factory businessmen Noman Siddiqui, 44, and Jahedul 
Islam, 27.

Earlier on July 9, the police produced 17 accused arrested in the court.

At that time, six persons including PSC driver Abed Ali agreed to give a 
statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 

Following an application from the investigation officer of the case, the 
Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka recorded their statement.

On July 8, Sub-Inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Nippon 
Chandra Das filed a case with Paltan Police Station in the capital.

Name of 31 people was mentioned in the case. Besides, there are 50 to 60 
unidentified accused.

According to the case, the accused, as a syndicate, leaked the question 
papers of various grades of BCS and PSC in exchange of money in the past 
years.

The accused have acquired illegal wealth beyond their known income sources by 
selling questions to some government job aspirants.