The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested an agriculture officer in a case filed over the alleged leakage of question papers for a recruitment examination of the Department of Youth Development.
 
The arrestee, Sohag Fakir, 38, is an assistant director at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC).
 
He was arrested during a raid at Durgabardi village in Badarpasha Union of Rajoir upazila in Madaripur at around 10:30pm on Tuesday. Two smartphones were seized from his possession, according to the CID.
 
In a press release issued on Wednesday, the CID said investigators identified Fakir’s location based on information gathered during the investigation and intelligence inputs. He was subsequently arrested in an operation.
 
The CID said steps were being taken to produce him before a court, adding that the investigation into the case was ongoing.
 
Fakir is the son of Abdul Halim Fakir and Beauty Begum. He is a resident of Ward No. 2 in Sutarkandi village under Bajitpur Union of Rajoir upazila.
 
The recruitment examination for the post of Assistant Upazila Youth Development Officer was scheduled to be held on October 10. However, the examination was postponed following allegations that its question paper had been leaked.
 
A case was filed with Motijheel Police Station in Dhaka on October 11 under Sections 4, 5 and 9(a) of the Public Examinations (Offences) Act, 1950.
 
The examination was subsequently held again on Friday, with 5,386 candidates passing it.