SSC exam questions leak before mobile internet shutdown

Questions for the SSC ICT exam leaked on Facebook and Messenger groups prior to the BRTC ordered shutdown of mobile internet before the exam on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.

A social media group named 'helping hand' leaked the multiple choice questions and answers in the 'Ga' set at 8:59am, an hour prior to the start of the ICT exam.

Within half an hour, photos of the questions and answers were circulating on various groups and pages. The posts that went viral matched exactly with the questions on the exam.

The BTRC had requested all mobile operators to shut down mobile internet services from 9am to 10am on Sunday morning, but it took until 9:30pm to shut down the internet on Sunday.

Mobile internet service resumed at 10am, an official with the mobile phone operators said.

BTRC officials do not know whether the internet shutdown will be repeated on other exam days.