Bank exam question leak: Buet Prof Nikhil sent to jail

Buet Prof Nikhil Ranjan Dhar was sent to jail today after a court rejected his petition for extension of ad-interim bail in a case filed over the question paper leak of bank recruitment exams in November 2021.

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury passed the order after Nikhil Dhar's lawyer submitted an application, seeking an extension of his bail.

The prosecution, however, opposed it saying the charges brought against the accused were primarily proved.

Earlier on March 5, Nikhil got bail from another Dhaka court, 30 minutes after his jail custody in the same case after his surrender.

Earlier on February 5, another Dhaka court accepted the charges against him in the same case.

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.