Bank exam question leak: Buet Prof Nikhil, 15 others indicted
A Dhaka court today framed charges against 16 people, including Buet Prof Nikhil Ranjan Dhar, in a case filed over the question paper leak of bank recruitment examination in November 2021.
Nikhil Dhar and 15 others, now on bail, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain read out the charges to them.
Before that, the magistrate dismissed the petitions submitted for discharging Nikhil and others from the charges of the case.
The magistrate fixed August 26 for starting the trial of the case.
On January 31, Prof Nikhil was charged in the case even though Shamim Ahmed, a sub-inspector of the Detective Branch (DB) and the investigation officer, on November 16 last year submitted the charge sheet excluding Prof Nikhil as an accused.
Prof Nikhil was charged after a Dhaka court summoned IO Shamim to show cause why and how he relieved Prof Nikhil from the charges.
The case was filed with Badda Police Station under the Public Examinations (Offences) Act in November 2021.
Following the question leak in recruitment tests of five state-owned banks on November 6, 2021, the detectives have so far arrested 11 people.
Photos of the question papers with answers went viral on social media even before the exam ended.
Initially, Bangladesh Bank ignored the question leak complaints and did not make any immediate enquiry.
Later, it cancelled the examination as several media outlets carried reports suggesting the question had been leaked.
The name of Prof Nikhil came up in accused Delowar Hossain's confessional statements during the investigation in the case filed with Badda Police Station under the Public Examinations (Offences) Act in November 2021.
A few days later, on November 21, 2021, Nikhil was relieved of the chairman post of Buet's industrial and production engineering department and exam-related duties.
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