Cheating in HSC exam without going to hall!

The HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate Examination) examinee and a teacher at a coaching centre in the town have been arrested for their innovative mischief.

The teacher, Masud Karim, went to Satkhira post office to dispatch a parcel of forged answer scripts with fake seal and signature of Satkhira Government College principal in favour of the controller of Jessore Board on June 14.

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Being confused, the post office staff informed the principal, who informed police.

Police rushed to the spot, seized the parcel and arrested Masud.

On interrogation, Masud said the forged answer scripts were of Abdullah Al-Mamun who was appearing at the HSC examination as a 'casual candidate' from Satkhira Government College centre.

Police later arrested Abdullah-Al-Mamun, son of Abu Bakar Siddique of Sultanpur in Satkhira Pourasabha.

Masud said the answer scripts were supplied by Mamun and he (Masud) wrote the answers. Masud hailed from Jugia village in Kushtia.

Earlier, the controller of Jessore Board had informed Satkhira Government Principal College Mokarram Hossain that three answer scripts of English First Paper, Bengali First Paper and Bengali Second Paper were dispatched to the Board in an ordinary parcel on June 7.

The principal then requested the Satkhira postmaster in writing to inform him if any person goes to the post office to send any parcel using his seal and signature.