A lovely twist has unfolded over the forty sixth BCS preliminary test, held on 26 April, because the Public Service Commission (PSC) probe physique reports no proof of a inquire of paper leak, despite confessions in the court from those arrested by the CID.
The day after a non-public TV on 7 July aired a legend on inquire of leaks in authorities job tests along with the forty sixth BCS preliminary exam, the Prison Investigation Department (CID) arrested 17 folk, along with three PSC officials, for their alleged involvement in leaking questions for authorities job tests, along with the BCS.
On July 9, the PSC formed a 3-member committee led by Abdul Alim Khan, joint secretary to the PSC, to investigate the matter. The committee additionally integrated PSC Director Dilawez Drudana and Mohammad Azizul Haque.
The committee has not too prolonged in the past submitted its legend to the commission, indicating that it learned no proof of a inquire of leak in the forty sixth BCS preliminary test.
When requested, committee head Abdul Alim additionally confirmed the matter to TBS final Saturday.
“The order of the inquire of leak surfaced following a info broadcast on a non-public television channel. Due to this truth, the CID performed raids and arrested just a few folk,” he stated.
“We despatched letters to the CID to wait on in our investigation, nonetheless they requested beyond regular time without providing any info. Additionally, the non-public television claimed to hang proof of the leak nonetheless failed to piece it with us,” he stated.
“So, we performed our own investigation, based fully on which I submitted the legend. Our investigation learned no proof of a inquire of leak in the forty sixth BCS preliminary test,” he added.
On the opposite hand, Alim’s disclose sharply contrasts with the confessions made by the arrested folk in court.
When requested about the PSC legend, Azad Rahman, particular superintendent of police in the Media Hover of the CID, told TBS, “The CID filed a case after lively the suspects, which implies the case used to be lodged based fully on proof. It is unclear how they [ PSC authorities] performed their investigation, especially since just a few of the arrested folk hang provided confessional statements in court.”
What assemble the arrestees disclose of their court confessions?
Six of the 17 folk arrested by the CID hang provided confessional statements in court. These consist of worn PSC chairman’s driver Abed Ali, dispatch rider Khalilur Rahman, place of job assistant Sajedul Islam, businessman Sakhawat Hossain and his brother Sayem Hossain, and non-public college student Liton Sarkar.
TBS has acquired the court confessions of Abed Ali, Khalilur Rahman, and Sajedul Islam, all of whom admitted to their involvement in the inquire of leak and the related monetary transactions.
At some point of his testimony in court, Sajedul claimed that he had met Abu Soleman Md Sohel, who used to be arrested on this case, 7-8 years in the past. Sohel, a developer based fully in Dhaka’s Mirpur, told Sajedul that the forty sixth BCS preliminary exam questions could be leaked.
“I managed 17 candidates and handed them over to Sohel. Twelve of those candidates had been introduced by Khalilur Rahman, along with two Dhaka College college students named Mahmudul Hasan and Rubel. Sohel tutored these candidates with questions overnight. Out of the 17 candidates, 13 passed the forty sixth BCS preliminary exam,” Sajedul stated.
“I restful a total of Tk15-16 lakh in varying amounts from the 13 a hit candidates. Of this, I gave Tk13 lakh to Abu Soleman Md Sohel — Tk1 lakh per candidate,” he added.
In his testimony, Khalilur Rahman additionally admitted that he organized 12 candidates and gave them to Sajedul Islam for the forty sixth BCS examination. Sajedul Islam is a member of the Decrease Subordinate Group (MLSS) of PSC member Helal Uddin.
Khalilur Rahman additionally stated that BCS inquire of papers had been leaked in the previous.
Requested about the confessional statements of the arrestees, PSC probe committee head Abdul Alim stated, “I couldn’t comment on the judicial proceedings.”
He acknowledged that it could rob time to salvage to the bottom of the matter in court.
“On the opposite hand, we failed to hang noteworthy time as written and other activities of the commission had been getting delayed awaiting this legend,” Abdul Alim added.
PSC probe legend unacceptable: TIB
TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman told TBS that PSC workers had been arrested for their involvement in the inquire of leaks. A couple of of them hang already confessed in court to their roles in leaking exam papers, along with those for the forty sixth BCS preliminary exam, and in participating in unlawful monetary transactions.
“Hence, the PSC probe legend lacks credibility. No matter how it is interpreted, the PSC cannot ruin out responsibility for failing to cease these inquire of leaks,” he stated.
He additionally expressed hope that the court would rob action in opposition to officials implicated in the inquire of leaks across a quantity of authorities job tests, along with the forty sixth BCS preliminary exam, and efforts could be made to name and prosecute those that secured jobs through these illicit means.
Makes an try to attain the PSC chairman for a comment on the matter had been unsuccessful, despite extra than one cell phone calls and a textual inform material message from TBS.
