Photograph and handwriting discrepancies exposed the alleged use of proxies during document verification for the recruitment, according to the case complaint.
File photo of CMM Court, Dhaka/Collected
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File photo of CMM Court, Dhaka/Collected
A Dhaka court today (13 November) placed two candidates on a two-day remand in a case filed over allegations that they used proxies to pass the recruitment examination for Tax Zone-20.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Israt Jahan passed the order following a police petition, said SI Rafiqul of the prosecution department.
Earlier in the day, the investigation officer, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Sub-Inspector Mohammad Zahidul Hasan Riyad, sought a seven-day remand for the two accused.
Their lawyers sought cancellation of the remand and bail, while the prosecution opposed the plea. After hearing both sides, the court granted a two-day remand.
According to the case complaint, the joining process for candidates finally selected for posts at the Office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Tax Zone-20, was scheduled for yesterday.
As the office assistant post did not require a practical examination, photographs of candidates had been retained during their viva voce examinations.
During document verification at around 2pm yesterday, officials found that Ashraful’s appearance did not match the photograph taken during his viva. His handwriting also did not match the handwriting on his written examination answer script, the complaint says.
The complaint further says that the person who had appeared in both the written and viva examinations as a proxy for Likhon arrived to submit a joining letter in Likhon’s name.
However, around 3pm, when newly appointed candidates were being welcomed with flowers, another person arrived identifying himself as Likhon.
Officials then compared his appearance with the photograph taken during the viva examination under his roll number and found no match, according to the complaint.
The two were subsequently questioned. During interrogation, they said they had not personally appeared in the written examination on 9 October or the viva on 19 October, and had passed the recruitment process by using unidentified proxies.
They also said an unidentified person had promised to secure them jobs, the complaint states.
Nipu Chandra De, deputy commissioner of taxes at Tax Zone-20, filed the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station yesterday.
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