Fakir was arrested during a raid in Durgabardi village in Badarpasha Union of Rajoir upazila in Madaripur around 10:30pm yesterday (20 October).
TBS Report
21 October, 2026, 01:30 pm
Last modified: 21 October, 2026, 01:33 pm
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has arrested Sohag Fakir, an assistant director at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), in a case filed over the leakage of question papers for a Department of Youth Development recruitment examination.
Mohammad Sufi Ullah, special superintendent of police (media) at the CID, confirmed the arrest in a press release today (21 October).
Fakir was arrested during a raid in Durgabardi village in Badarpasha Union of Rajoir upazila in Madaripur around 10:30pm yesterday (20 October). Two smartphones were seized from his possession.
According to the CID, investigators identified Fakir's location based on information gathered during the investigation and intelligence inputs before arresting him in a raid. Arrangements are underway to produce him before the court, while the investigation remains ongoing.
Earlier, six people were arrested in operations conducted by the Special Response Battalion (SRB) in connection with the question paper leak. They included five government employees from the Department of Environment, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the Ministry of Defence, as well as a job seeker. Another person was arrested later, bringing the total number of arrests to seven.
The recruitment examination for the post of assistant upazila youth development officer under the Department of Youth Development was scheduled for 10 October.
However, the examination was postponed following allegations of question paper leakage.
A case was filed with Motijheel Police Station in Dhaka on 11 October. The CID is investigating the case under Sections 4, 5 and 9(a) of the Public Examinations (Offences) Act, 1950.