5 Sust admission seekers detained for cheating
Five admission seekers and a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) were detained by the university authority on Tuesday for cheating during the admission process.
The admission seekers are: Sakidul Islam Shakil, Abir Morshed, Arif Khan Rafi, Zahid Hasan Tamim, Riadul Jannat Riyad. Riadul is from Rangpur and the rest from Bogura.
The detained Sust student is Samiul Islam Soumik, of Food Engineering and Tea Technology department.
Professor Zahir Uddin Ahmed, proctor of the university, said, “They spent Tk 5 to 7 lakh each to get enrolled in the university through unfair means.”
He said, “We suspected them after the admission test, as they all answered the same question paper set (set-75) by overwriting on the original answer sheet. Moreover, they scored almost the same.”
“When they arrived for admission, we detained them and questioned them. Three of them admitted to using unfair means in the test,” he said.
The Sust admission test was held on October 26 at different centres in Sylhet city and that day, five admission seekers were arrested for cheating during the exam, using improvised digital devices.
Of them, four were from Bogura and one from Mymensingh.
Proctor Zahir Uddin suspects that all the detainees were part of a bigger syndicate based in Bogura.
Asked how the question set was leaked, the proctor said it is under investigation. He also said Sust student Samiul Islam is suspected to be involved with the syndicate.
Ishfaqul Haque, registrar of the university, said, “A case has been filed with Jalalabad Police Station in this regard and the detainees have been handed over to the police, who will act as per the law.”
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