22 was held in Gaibandha for proxy participation in DC office recruitment exam

Twenty-two people were caught posing as proxy candidates during the oral examination for office assistant posts at Deputy Commissioner Gaibandha’s Office yesterday (October 26).

They were later handed over to the police.

The inmates, who hail from different areas of Gaibandha, were identified when discrepancies were noticed between the handwriting on the examination papers and those appearing for the oral test.

The members of the recruitment commission found irregularities during the oral exam, which started on Saturday at 14:00. Out of the 226 candidates who qualified in this phase, 36 were marked absent.

Dr. Shariful Islam, deputy director of Gaibandha Local Government Division and member of the recruitment board, confirmed the incident.

“When confronted, the inmates admitted they were posing as proxies for the current candidates,” Islam said.

Officials suspect the involvement of an organized syndicate that facilitates this type of examination fraud.

The recruitment process, initiated on May 25 by former Deputy Commissioner Kazi Nahid Rașul, seeks to fill 55 office assistant vacancies in the revenue section of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office.

The positions are open to candidates with SSC and HSC qualifications, attracting 3,722 candidates for the written exam held on Friday (October 25) in various district educational institutions, and 226 making it to the oral round.