JDC EXAMINATION
Madrasah principal, 7 fake examinees land in jail
Kurigram: A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced the principal of a local madrasah and its seven students to one months jail as the students, despite studying in upper grades, appeared for the Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations at Alia Kamil Madrasha centre in Nageshawri upazila. The convicts are: Principal Rahmutullah Iqbal of Poydanga Alia Kalim Madrasah, Rabiul Awal, an Alim student, Faidul Islam, an Alim examinee, Moklesur Rahman, Al Amin, Al Amin Hossain, a Dakhil examinee, Umar Faruk, and Habibur Rahman, a class IX student of the madrasah.
Police said a team of police detained seven students of Poydanga Alim Madrasah from the exam centre during the examination on Akaid and Fikah.
After interrogation, they said the superintendent of their madrasah sent them to appear in the examinations by filling up the examination form forcefully.
Later, police arrested the principal of the madrasah.
As the eight arrested were produced before the mobile court of Nageshawri Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abu Hayat Mohammad Rahmatullah, he sentenced them to one months imprisonment each.
