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PSC official sent to jail in BCS question leak case
Earlier, on 7 July, Koushik had surrendered before the High Court and sought bail
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 17 Aug 2026, 06:18 PM
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A Dhaka court on Monday ordered Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) programmer Koushik Debnath to be sent to jail in a case filed over the alleged leaking of BCS examination questions.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Shahjahan Kabir
passed the order after the accused surrendered before the court, said Bench Assistant
of the concerned court Md Riaz Hossain.
According to court sources, defence lawyer Md
Shariful Islam argued for bail, claiming that the allegations brought against
the accused were completely false, baseless and fabricated.
The prosecution, however, opposed the bail petition.
The court later rejected the bail plea and ordered that Koushik be sent to
jail.
Earlier, on 7 July, Koushik had surrendered before
the High Court and sought bail. The court then directed him to surrender before
the lower court within six weeks.
According to court sources, CID Sub-Inspector Nippon
Chandra Chand filed the case with Paltan Police Station on 8 July 2024, naming
31 people as accused and 50-60 unnamed persons.
CID Additional Superintendent of Police Suman Kumar
Saha, also the investigating officer, submitted a charge sheet on 18 May 2026 against
55 people, including Abed Ali.
According to the charge sheet, selected candidates
were allegedly provided with the leaked questions and answers before
examinations under the leadership of Abed Ali, identified as the mastermind of
the question-leak syndicate.
The candidates were allegedly taken to designated
locations, where they were given the questions to memorise the answers before
being sent to examination centres. In exchange, the syndicate allegedly
collected large sums of money in advance.
The charge sheet further said the network extended
from the Bangladesh Government Press (BG Press) to various government
institutions and private NGOs, and that the syndicate allegedly remained active
for a long period by compromising the confidentiality of examinations.