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Youth development question leak: accused sent to jail

Published : Sunday, 15 November, 2026 at 5:45 PM

Observer Online Report

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Towkir Ibne Sadeque to jail in a case filed over the alleged leakage of question papers for the recruitment examination of the Department of Youth Development.

Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam passed the order after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) produced him before the court and sought his detention in jail.

Towkir was arrested from the capital’s Gabtoli area around 6:40am on Sunday. The investigation officer said he had provided important information about the alleged leak and identified several accomplices whose details were being verified. A further remand petition is being prepared for additional interrogation.

According to the case statement, the examination for 242 posts of Assistant Upazila Youth Development Officer was scheduled for October 10, with 318,976 candidates at 95 centres across Dhaka.

However, the examination was suspended after the department’s director general received information about the leak at 10:06am, 54 minutes before the scheduled start. A question paper circulated on Facebook was found to match the official paper.

Mohammad Atikur Rahman, deputy director of the department, filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on October 11, alleging possible negligence, malpractice or collusion in the question paper preparation and distribution process.

- MaT

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