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No enquiry yet into BCS test scam

Staff Correspondent
The government has not yet initiated an enquiry into the leakage of question papers for the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examinations.
And that might allow the real culprits to go unpunished, sources said.
The Public Service Commission (PSC) still sticks to its position that there was nothing wrong with the test held last Friday and, therefore, it took no follow up measures.
But overwhelming evidence of question paper leakage had forced the government to intervene and ask the PSC to cancel the test. The
move, however, undermined the position of the PSC, a constitutional body, observed a former PSC chairman and some academicians.
The PSC till yesterday did not want to see the 'hand-written copy' of the leaked question paper, that the officer-in-charge of Ramna police station, Mahbubur Rahman received from a Dhaka University student at least 90 minutes before the test.
"Though I did not inform the PSC of the incident, I informed the high police officials", he said. "It is the job of concerned authorities to investigate the matter. If the government wanted an investigation, the police could interrogate the students, who got the hand-written
questions before the test, to unearth the root of the scandal."
Mahbubur Rahman received a copy of the leaked questions, and out of the 75 questions in the copy, 72 appeared in the question paper given at the exam hall.
The question papers are secured in a vault in the PSC office building till the examinations are taken. The key to this vault is restricted to a designated PSC member and the controller of examinations. However, this time this key was not given to any of these officials, PSC sources said. "Who kept the key to the vault is one issue that should be investigated first," a source commented.
Meanwhile, many have alleged -because of persistent denial on the part of the PSC-- that the question leakage had actually exposed a conspiracy to recruit 'friends, relatives and political activists' through cheating.
The PSC is preparing to fix up a fresh date for the cancelled test through holding a meeting of the commission members, sources said.
Evidences show that some city coaching centres might have been involved in the scandal and also that they sold the question papers to BCS examinees. But the PSC said, "Although there was no evidence of leakage of questions, the PSC decided to cancel the test to remove any confusion and controversy."
Former PSC Chairman Prof. Mustafa Chowdhury told The Daily Star yesterday, "There is no doubt that question papers were leaked. The PSC should have paid due attention to the allegations and adopted the necessary measures. But as the PSC remained indifferent, the government intervened."
"The government could request the PSC to take a certain step. But the PSC's image has been tarnished by the direct intervention of the government," he added.
Prof. Serajul Islam Chowdhury said, "How can the PSC say that there was no evidence of leakage without
any investigation. An impartial investigation could unearth the truth of the matter."
He said the police and the PSC authorities should interrogate the students and owners of the coaching centres who got the question papers before the test. At the same time concerned employees of the BG press, where the question papers were printed, should be interrogated. He demanded a judicial inquiry and exemplary punishment to the culprits.
A former PSC member commenting on the government intervention said, "Although the PSC is a constitutional entity, the fact remains that it is always controlled by the government."
"This is not the first time such an intervention has taken place. After coming to power, the BNP government cancelled recruitment of over 690 officers, though the PSC had taken their tests and interviews," he noted.
PSC Chairman ZN Tahmida Begum earlier denied question leakage and said, "Following reports of question leakage being carried by national dailies, the PSC and its various sources investigated the matter and found that the report was not true".
Sources said there were a number of students of Dhaka University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Dhaka College who got leaked question papers on Thursday night and Friday morning.