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Exam malpractices: FIR in another district, USTM Chancellor Mahbubul Hoque arrested again

Almost three weeks after he was arrested by Assam Police in connection with alleged malpractices in Class XII CBSE exams, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) Chancellor Mahbubul Hoque was arrested again Wednesday in another case in another district. The FIR in Sonitpur is the sixth such report against Hoque across five different districts […]

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University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) Chancellor Mahbubul Hoque. (Photo" X/ @chairman_erdf)

Almost three weeks after he was arrested by Assam Police in connection with alleged malpractices in Class XII CBSE exams, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) Chancellor Mahbubul Hoque was arrested again Wednesday in another case in another district.

The FIR in Sonitpur is the sixth such report against Hoque across five different districts of Assam. On Wednesday, he was transferred by Assam Police from Sribhumi, where he has been in judicial custody, to Sonitpur, his lawyer Angshuman Bora said.

The Sribhumi police had registered two cases against Hoque in connection with alleged malpractices during the Class XII physics examination. On March 3, the Gauhati HC granted him bail in one of the two cases but he continued to remain in judicial custody in the second case.

More FIRs were registered against him at Gossaigaon, Barpeta and Kokrajhar police stations. On Tuesday, the HC reserved its verdict on his bail plea in connection with the second Sribhumi case and on Wednesday, he was arrested in the Sonitpur case.

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