RANGPUR, Nov 29, 2025 (BSS) - Two candidates were caught red-handed while cheating in the written examination for the post of 'Assistant Food Inspector' of the Food Department in Rangpur by using electronic devices in their ears. 
 
"They were arrested from two different examination centers in Haragachh Metropolitan police station area of Rangpur Rangpur Metropolitan Police this afternoon," said Haragachh Metropolitan police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Azad Rahman. 
 
Immediately after the incident, Executive Magistrate Ashim Kumar Das arrived at the center and conducted a mobile court. 
 
He ordered the two examinees to be sentenced to 20 days in prison each for disobeying government orders and forgery under Section 188 of the Penal Code 1860. 
 
Later, the police sent them to Rangpur Central Jail.
 
The OC said that the Food Department recruitment examination was being conducted simultaneously in 77 centers in the city. 
 
Among them, Idris Ali Akand, a candidate at the Mainakuti Senior Alim Madrasa center, and Sajjadul Islam, a candidate at the Gulalbudai High School center, participated in the examination by hiding small electronic devices in their ears. 
 
"When the inspectors on duty became suspicious during the examination, they conducted a search and recovered the digital devices from them," he said.