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JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Dec 22, 2025 (BSS) - An admission candidate was 
detained by the authorities for allegedly adopting unfair means during the 
first-year undergraduate admission test (2025-26 academic session) of 
Jahangirnagar University (JU) today.

The incident occurred around 11:00 am during the second shift of the 
admission test under the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Zahir Raihan 
Auditorium centre.

The detainee was identified as Sadia Amir Mahin, daughter of Amir Hossain 
Jewel hailing from Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar district.

According to the university's proctorial body, the candidate allegedly took 
photographs of the question paper using a mobile phone and filled in the OMR 
sheet by obtaining answers through artificial intelligence (ChatGPT).

During the test, she allegedly took photographs of the question paper using a 
mobile phone and filled in the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) answer sheet by 
using ChatGPT (artificial intelligence) to obtain answers.

She was later detained and taken to the proctor's office for interrogation.

JU Proctor Professor Dr A K M Rashidul Alam said a set of recommendations 
regarding the detainee would be sent to the Dean of the Faculty of Social 
Sciences after the examination. 

He added that the university has requested the Dhaka District Administration 
to conduct a mobile court, and further action would be taken after the 
arrival of an executive magistrate.