Detectives have arrested 10 members of a gang, including a female upazila vice chairman, for their suspected involvement in leaking government job recruitment test question paper.

A team of Detective Branch (DB) arrested them conducting drives at Mirpur, Tejgaon industrial area and Kakrail from 3 pm to 10 pm on Friday, said a press release of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

The arrestees are Mahbububa Nasreen Rupa, vice-chairman of Dhupchanchia upazila of Bogura, Mahmudul Hasan Azad, an official of Comptroller General of Accounts (CGA) office, Noman Siddique, Al Amin Roni, Nahid Hasan, Shaheed Ullah, Tanjir Ahmed, Raju Ahmed, Hasibul Hasan and Rakibul Hasan.

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Six ear devices, master cards, six mobile SIM holders, five bank checques, seven non-judicial stamps, 10 smartphones, 18 admit cards and 3 sets of leaked question papers of a recruitment test were seized from their possession. 

A test was held on Friday for recruiting 550 auditors for Defence Finance Department of Office of Controller General Defence Finance.

Police arrested the gang members based on secret information that the gang members were involved in leaking question paper of the test and supplying answers to candidates through digital devices and mobile apps.

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The arrestees reportedly confessed that they had earned huge money by leaking question papers of different recruitment tests for government service.