Prof Nikhil Ranjan Dhar of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) was sent to jail on Monday after a court rejected his petition for extension of ad-interim bail in a case filed over the question paper leak of bank recruitment exams in November 2021.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury passed the order after Nikhil Dhar's lawyer submitted an application, seeking an extension of his bail.
Besides, the court fixed April 5 as the date for hearing the complaint.
On February 5, another Dhaka court accepted the charges against him in the same case.
The case was filed with Badda police station under the Public Examinations (Offences) Act in November 2021.
On March 5, Nikhil got bail from another Dhaka court, soon after his jail custody in the same case after his surrender.
Following the question leak in recruitment tests of five state-owned banks on November 6, 2021, the detectives have so far arrested 11 people.
