Four land in jail after face verification reveals recruitment fraud

Highlights

• Suspects allegedly used proxy candidates in exams
• Face verification exposed alleged impersonation
• Four sent to jail in recruitment fraud case filed with Shahbagh Police Station
  

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A Dhaka court today (20 July) sent four men to jail after they were allegedly caught attempting to join the Ministry of Public Administration as office assistants using recruitment secured through proxy candidates.

The four were shown arrested in a fraud case filed with Shahbagh Police Station.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Md Jonaid passed the order following a hearing.

The accused are Md Russell Rana Liton, 32, Md Alim, 28, Md Ali Haider, 29, and Md Masud Fakir, 31.

Earlier, investigation officer Sub-Inspector Md Abdul Gaffar (Himel) of Shahbagh Police Station produced the four before the court and sought an order to keep them in jail until the investigation is completed.

Defence lawyers Naznin Akter and Md Monir Hossain submitted bail petitions on behalf of the accused.

The court scheduled the hearing for tomorrow.

According to the case statement, the four were detained at the Secretariat at around 5:45pm yesterday and later handed over to the police station.

Following the incident, Administrative Officer HM Arifur Rahman of the Ministry of Public Administration filed the case.

The complaint states that the ministry published a recruitment notice on 5 May for 20 vacant posts of office assistant (Grade-20). Written examinations were held on 19 June, followed by viva voce examinations on 24, 25 and 26 June.

Appointment letters were issued to the successful candidates on 6 July, with them instructed to submit their joining papers by 10am yesterday at room no-1802 of building no-1 at the Secretariat.

According to the FIR, when the accused arrived to join their posts, officials became suspicious of their identities. A facial verification comparing their appearance with photographs taken during the viva examinations reportedly revealed significant discrepancies.

During questioning, the accused allegedly admitted that they had secured the jobs by using proxy candidates in exchange for large sums of money.