A female politician in
Bangladeshi has been expelled from the university where she is studying after
she allegedly hired eight lookalikes to take exams in her place.
Tamanna Nusrat, from
the ruling Awami League party, was studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree with
the Bangladesh Open University (BOU). She is accused of paying the lookalikes
to pretend to be her in at least 13 tests.
The scandal emerged
after Bagladeshi broadcaster Nagorik TV entered a test hall and confronted one
of the women posing as Nusrat.
Confirming her
expulsion from the University, BOU head M.A. Mannan said in a statement: ‘We
expelled her because she has committed a crime. A crime is a crime.’
‘We have cancelled her
enrolment. She will never be able to get admitted here again.’
A source at the
college said: ‘The proxy students were protected by the MP’s musclemen when
they sat for the tests.