Staff Reporter :
The question paper leak syndicate used to take Tk 3 to five 5 lakh from each admission seeker of Dhaka and Jagannath Universities.
Besides, the main certificates of the candidates were kept under the syndicate’s custody until full payment was made.
Sheikh Nazmul Alam, Deputy Commissioner (North) of Detective Branch (DB) of Police said this in a press briefing in the Media Centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday afternoon. The students were given the links of question paper through WhatsApp, the police official said.
The detainees disclosed the information in primary interrogation, the DB official said.
However, the question papers recovered from their possession did not match with the original question papers, Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Nazmul Alam said.
10 certificates of the candidates were recovered from Akib and Nahidul, Detectives said.
A case was filed with Tejgaon Model Police Station in this connection. Earlier on Friday, a total of 17 people were arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking question paper of ‘Ka’ unit admission tests of Dhaka and Jagannath University.
The detectives first detained 22 people from different parts of Dhaka in this connection. Of them 17 were shown arrested.
They are Zobayer Hossain, Md Akib Bin Bari, Nahidul Haque, Saju Ahmed, Mahmudul Hasan, Samiul Islam, Sabbir Hossain, Hasanur Rashid, Md Mehedi Hasan, Hridoy Islam, Rayhan Rabbi, Akash Ahmed, Md Tanvir, Sabuj Khan, Md Shohag,, Mehedi Hasan and Manik Mia.
The ‘Ka’ unit admission tests of Dhaka and Jagannath Universities were held on Friday.
