Govt asked to explain failure to stop SSC question paper leak

The High Court on Thursday ordered a judicial investigation into the allegations of question paper leakage in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations, reports UNB.

Following a writ petition, an HC bench comprising justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and justice Md Iqbal Kabir also directed the authorities concerned to form an administrative probe body to look into the allegations.

The court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why their failure and inaction to prevent the leakage of question papers should not be declared illegal and unlawful, said Supreme Court lawyer Ainunnahar Siddiqa, one of the writ petitioners.

Twenty government officials, including education, law and home secretaries, and chairmen of the education boards, were made respondents to the rule, said Ainunnahar Siddiqa.

The SC lawyer said the respondents were asked to reply in three weeks.

The court asked the authorities concerned to submit the probe reports before it within 30 days.

Three lawyers, including Ainunnahar, filed the writ petition with the High Court on Wednesday seeking its order for a judicial probe into the question paper leakage and taking the SSC exams freshly cancelling those have already been held.

Ainunnahar said the SSC examinations for nine out of 10 subjects were held amid the leakage of question papers.