Five held for DU admission test forgery

Five people, including a Dhaka University student and an admission seeker, have been detained on charge of fraud during the university's “Kha" unit admission test held yesterday.

Shahjahan Ali, an international relations (IR) student, was detained while he was taking the exam in place of a Dhaka College student, Tanshen Miah, in the examination hall of business studies faculty on the campus, said DU Proctor Prof M Amzad Ali.

Tanshen, who was held before the Aparajeya Bangla on the campus, claimed that he made a deal of Tk 3.5 lakh with Shahjahan for using him as his proxy in the exam.

Shahjahan admitted to the DU officials that he belonged to an admission forgery syndicate. He also claimed that he is a cancer patient and participated in the forgery for paying his treatment cost.

Shahjahan attended the exam without changing the photo in the admit card. But to look alike, he got a haircut similar to Tanshen's, said the proctor.

On Thursday, the university authorities detained three other people in the central Shaheed Minar area for their alleged involvement in DU entrance exam forgery. However, no detail has been disclosed about the detainees.