A mobile court on Friday sentenced 12 admission seekers from different test locations to 15 days imprisonment each, for cheating in the “Ka/A unit” admission test under the Faculty of Science of Dhaka University (DU). Also Read- Frauds develop wireless device to aid cheating during examsMeanwhile, a source familiar with the cheating device, asking to remain anonymous, said that each of the devices was connected to a central machine that would transmit the answers. Later, Proctor Amzad Ali tried to snatch away the camera from a private news television channel’s camera person when they were taking pictures of the female student. However, the DU authorities have already used Dhaka College and Eden Mohila College as admission test centres for the “Kha/B unit” exams in this academic session. Asked why the authorities used blacklisted colleges for the admission exams, Proctor Amzad replied: “These centres (blacklisted ones) are being used this year as we are facing an accommodation crisis.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 13, 2017 17:48 UTC