Charges of Fraudulence
8 students get bail
The eight students arrested on charges of committing fraud by sending answers for multiple-choice questions via SMS to freshmen aspirants during Dhaka University (DU) admission tests were granted bails.
The news of the bail order has triggered a mixed reaction among the lawyers and others present on the court premises.
After a three-day of their arrest, Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ismail Hossain on November 2 granted bails to the students upon a bond of Tk 2,000 with two guarantors.
The magistrate also rejected the remand prayer for seven days submitted by Investigation Officer of the case Sub-Inspector Ahsanul Karim without showing any logical grounds in support of the rejection.
The accused are Aminul Islam, a former BBA student of DU, Anwar Hossain Johnny, a BBA final year student of Marketing Department at DU, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, a master's student of Political Science at DU, Shahjada, a BA student of BM College of Barisal, Bachhu Mia, a third year student of Gurudoal Govt College of Kishoreganj, Shahdat Hossain Liton, a student of English department of Jahangirnagar University, Mohammad Shohel Rana, a master's student of political science department, and one Mohammad Jamal Uddin.
During the hearing, General Recording Officer (GRO) Mohammad Shahfiqul Alam of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court did not raise any objection against the bail petitions submitted on behalf of the accused, according to the case file.
In his order, Ismail said the case was filed after a long time and all the accused are students. One of them is a union parishad candidate. Moreover, they are not involved with leaking out answer scripts. They are victimized. So, they are granted bails, the magistrate said.
Talking to The Daily Star Advocate Pran Nath said such bail order would encourage the offenders to commit such offences. If it is not stopped, many meritorious students will be deprived to get admission into a good university.
Earlier, on October 29, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the eight accused and filed a case against them with New Market Police Station on the same day.
The arrestees were charged with the crime of sending answers for multiple-choice questions via SMS to admission seekers during the admission test to DU.
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