Fifty-two arrested from a single district with micro devices in primary teacher recruitment exam

Staff Correspondent

Fifty-two candidates, including women, have been arrested from Gaibandha district alone on charges of cheating by using micro-electronic devices in the government primary school assistant teacher recruitment exam.

They were detained from various centers in the district during the one and a half hour written examination on Friday, January 9, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm. During this time, various electronic equipment including mobile phones, Bluetooth-operated micro-sized ear devices were seized from the detained examinees.

It is known that, like 61 districts across the country, the primary school assistant teacher recruitment examination was held in Gaibandha through 43 centers. A total of 49 candidates were arrested from 24 of these centers. Out of these, the maximum number of 11 candidates were arrested from the Abdul Qayyum High School center in Kuptala, Gaibandha Sadar Upazila.

Many of the detainees were taken to Gaibandha General Hospital to have micro-sized devices removed from their ears.

Gaibandha District Primary Education Officer Laxman Kumar Das confirmed the matter at around 8:30 pm and said that 52 candidates from 24 examination centers in the district were detained while using electronic devices in the assistant teacher recruitment examination. Mobile phones and Bluetooth ear devices were found from them. Among those detained are also female candidates.

He also said that regular preparations are underway to file cases against the detainees with their names and addresses.

Meanwhile, the Gaibandha district administration has taken strict security measures in advance to ensure a smooth and peaceful completion of the exam.

On Thursday, January 8, an order signed by District Magistrate Mohammad Masudur Rahman Mollah imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code within 200 yards around each examination center.

According to the order, any kind of gathering, procession, campaign, illegal gathering and use of musical instruments are prohibited in the vicinity of the examination center from 1 pm to 5 pm on the day of the examination. At the same time, entry of unauthorized persons into the center area is also prohibited.