NU examiner jailed in Rajshahi

An English examiner of National University and his sister-in-law were given two years' rigorous imprisonment by a mobile court in Rajshahi city yesterday for taking money from two students and allowing them to rewrite their answer scripts.
Abul Kalam Azad, 45, an English lecturer at Mohonpur Girls' Degree College of Rajshahi and his sister-in-law Laili Khatun, 28, were caught red-handed at their residence in Kazihata while receiving the money, executive magistrate Alamgir Kabir told The Daily Star.
The teacher took Tk 30,000 from the students, Tk 15,000 from each, and allowed them to rewrite their answer scripts for compulsory English of Islamic history second year honours examination under National University at his residence, said Kabir.
The mobile court, comprising another executive magistrate, Zakiul Islam, fined the duo Tk 50,000 each and they would suffer three more months in jail if they default.
The teacher confessed to his crime and said this was the first time he did this. He was evaluating 250 scripts this year, he added.
The two students--Badsha Alamgir and Asaduzzaman of Jessore MM College--wrote their mobile phone numbers while answering a question on CV writing in their scripts.
Laili started contacting the two using the numbers from June 6 and they fixed yesterday for the exchange of the money and rewriting of the answer sheets.
The students came to Rajshahi on Wednesday and complained about the matter to the additional deputy commissioner (education) of Rajshahi yesterday.
“We were confident that we did well in the examination, and we thought such teachers are destroying the society,” Badsha told The Daily Star. The district administration provided the students with Tk 30,000 to catch the teacher red-handed, said magistrate Kabir.
Magistrate Zakiul Islam accompanied the two students pretending to be their aide to the teacher's residence while magistrate Kabir followed them with police, he added.
The two landed in Rajshahi Central Jail.