M M Jasim :
A good number of university students, some of them from Dhaka University (DU), are allegedly involved in university admission forgery, sources said.
Their main duties are to collect information of the admission seekers, provide leaked question papers, to render all out cooperation during the admission test and sit for the admission in favour of the candidates.
The students of different universities get a percentage from the syndicates for their efforts to admit the candidates into the universities.
Mollah Nazrul Islam, Special Superintendent of Police of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) told The New Nation on Saturday that the number of involved students in admission test forgery was not poor. “We have just started our journey to nab the culprits. The arrested students are the symbol of wave of our initiative,” he said.
“The accused university students are committing such illegal activities for money only. Some of them are also addicted,” he said.
Nazrul Islam said, the admission forgery is a big offense. That is why, the CID is determined to free the admission process from corruption.
In the latest incident, the Detective Branches of Police on Saturday arrested six students including three Dhaka university students on charge of their involvement in Barisal University admission test forgery from Barisal city.
The police recovered five anti-jammer electronic devices, five magnetic Bluetooth induction, 11 mobile sets using for question leakage, two extra SIM cards, one headphone and three pen drives.
The accused students are Alamgir Hossain Sahin, a 4th year student of Soil, Water and Environment Department of DU and Central leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Maruf Hossain Maruf, a 3rd year student of Geology Department of DU, Mahmudul Hasan Abid, a 3rd year student of Mathematics Department of DU, Muidur Rahman Baki, a 3rd year student of BBA Course of Mohammadpur Degree College and Sabbir Ahmed Pritom, a 3rd year student of Golachipa Dergee College.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday arrested two masterminds and seven students of Dhaka University for their alleged involvement in leaking admission test question papers.
The accused students have been identified as ring leaders Enamul Haque Akash and Navid Anzum Tonoy,- DU first year students Tanvir Ahmed Mollik, Md Bayezid, Nahid Iftekhar, Fardin Ahmed Sabbir, Proshenjit Das, Rifat Hossain and Azizul Hakim.
Navid Anzum Tonoy is a student of Geography Department of the Dhaka University.
On October 20, the CID detained two DU students and an applicant on charge of question leakage and forgery in ‘Gha’ unit admission test.
They were-Abdullah Al Mamun, a 3rd year honors student of the Department of Applied Chemistry, a master’s student of the Department of Physics, also a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), and Ishrak Ahmed Rafi, the applicant.
A matters student of Dhaka University wishing anonymity told this correspondent that some of his friends offered him to take part in admission test forgery when he was 2nd year student. “I refused their proposal and stopped communication with them,” he said.
“There are many students of Dhaka University who are involved in question paper leakage,” he said.
Another third year student from Jagannath University said, “I went to the Jagannath University just a day before my admission test. Five to seven masters students came to me and tried to convince me for receiving their proposal. They proposed me to give them Tk three lakh with cent percent assurance of my admission. I did not agree and left the campus immediately.”
“I can say that there are also many students involved in such activities,” he said.
Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Professor Akhtaruzzaman said, the university will take stern action including cancellation of studentship against accused students in admission forgery.
