A mobile court in Patuakhali on Wednesday (12 April) sentenced two college teachers to two-years imprisonment on charge of providing readymade answer scripts to the examinees during the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate examinations.
The executive magistrate, Anup Das, also fined the convicts — Khalilur Rahman and Md Shafiqul Islam — Tk 10,000/- each.
Patuakhali deputy commissioner AKM Shamimul Haq Siddique confirmed the news of convictions.
Khalilur Rahman, hall superintendent of Haji Akkel Ali College centre, and Shafiqul Islam, a computer teacher of Chhoto Bighai Haji Mukter Ali Mridha College in Patuakhali sadar, were providing readymade answers scripts in the biology first paper examination, our correspondent reported.