A group of job seekers on Tuesday demanded cancellation of the recruitment exam for 10th-grade railway posts under the Public Service Commission (PSC).
They press home their demand through a human chain and protest rally in front of the PSC in the capital’s Agargaon.
The recruitment exam for 516 sub-assistant engineer posts in 11 categories of the 10th grade of the railway under the PSC was held last Friday.
One of the job seekers Job seeker Farhad Hossain said that they participated in the exam on July 5 this year. Later, they learned from the media that the exam questions had been leaked.
"That's why we are here to demand the cancellation of the exam," he told The Daily Star.
After protesting since the morning, a group of them met with the PSC chairman. The chairman asked them for 15 days to investigate. "It is clear that the questions were leaked. Since the PSC authorities have asked for time to investigate, we have given them that. If no punitive measures are taken against those involved, including the cancellation of the exam, within this period, we will stage a larger demonstration and besiege the PSC," said Farhad Hossain.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested 17 people yesterday, including two deputy directors and one assistant director of the PSC, on charges of being involved in the question paper leak of various recruitment exams, including the sub-assistant engineer posts of Bangladesh Railway.
Railway exam to be cancelled if proof of question leak found: PSC chairman
Meanwhile, PSC Chairman Sohorab Hossain on Tuesday said the recruitment exam for the railway engineer post will be cancelled if evidence of question paper leaks is found.
"A committee has already been formed to investigate the allegations of question paper leaks. The committee will submit a report within 15 days. Based on the committee's recommendations, the exam will be cancelled," said the PSC chairman at a press conference at the PSC in the capital's Agargaon in the afternoon.
Job seekers demand cancellation of PSC exam after reports of leaked questions
He was speaking after meeting with a group of job seekers who organised a human chain and held a protest rally in front of the building, demanding the cancellation of the recruitment exam for 10th-grade railway posts under the PSC.
The PSC has also said that a three-member probe committee has been formed to address the BCS exam question leak incident, said PSC Chairman Sohrab Hossain.
He said the committee will talk with all parties involved and submit a report within 15 working days.
At least 17 people, including six officials of the PSC, have been arrested by the CID for their alleged involvement in leaking questions of government job exams.
