An official of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) was arrested for allegedly leaking question papers for recruitment examinations.

Detective Branch of police (Tejgaon division) nabbed Chandra Shekhor Halder alias Milton, 31st BCS cadre, from Dhaka on Sunday night.

Shekhor was, later, handed over to court seeking a seven-day remand for interrogation.

On May 13, the written examination was held to recruit 513 posts in DSHE. A candidate named Suman Jowardar was arrested from Eden College that day as 70 MCQ answers were found written on the back of his admit card.

Later, based on the information given by Jowardar, police conducted a raid and arrested Saiful Islam, a mathematics teacher from Patuakhali.

DB officials said that the question papers were leaked by Chandra Shekhar Halder. While going to his office, he took pictures and sent it to Saiful Islam on WhatsApp.

BDST: 1541 HRS, JULY 25, 2022
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