A case has been filed against eight named and seven unnamed people over supplying cheat sheet during a recruitment test of the Department of Social Services in Thakurgaon.

SM Rafiqul Islam, Social Services Officer of the district’s Pirganj upazila, filed the case with Thakurgaon Sadar Police Station on Friday afternoon.

The accused are examinee Shafiqul Islam, Office Assistant Jahurul Islam, Teacher of Farabari High School ATM Kabir Iqbal, Teacher of Thakurgaon Government Girls High School Ahmed Jibril, Examinee Hauz-e-Kaiser, Senior Teacher of Thakurgaon Government Girls High School Saleha Khatun, Assistant Teacher Taposh Debnath and Office Assistant Deepti Ray.

“Some peons and teachers were involved in supplying cheat sheets to two examinees during a recruitment test at the Thakurgaon Government Girls High School center on Friday. The examinees have been expelled and a case against the culprits has been lodged by me,” said Rafiqul, the plaintiff of the case.

Earlier, four of the eight, including two school teachers, were detained for supplying a cheat sheet containing the answers to one examinee.

The exam committee handed over the culprits to police for further action.

According to Shaharia Nazir, the Executive Magistrate in charge of the exam center, office assistants Md Jahirul and Deepti Rani were caught red-handed while handing a sheet containing the answers to the exam questions to examinee Shafikul Islam.

“Teachers Kabir Iqbal and Ahmed Jibril didn’t take any actions against either the examinee or the peons. Instead, Iqbal tore the answer copy apart and threw it out of the window when he got it. Jibril, despite being the centre's invigilator, let it go,” said Nazir.