UGC official among 3 held for question leak

Three people including an assistant director of the University Grants Commission (UGC) were detained in connection with question leak in Dhaka today.

Mufti Mahmud Khan, director of the Rab's legal and media wing, told The Daily Star that they are investigating if the question leak is related to the medical admission exam that is held today.

The UGC official has been suspended from the service following his arrest, the UGC said in a press release this evening.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the trio including Omar Siraj, an assistant director of UGC, conducting a raid at the UGC office in Agargaon in the capital, he said.