A Bangleshi lawmaker has been expelled from university after allegedly hiring as many as eight lookalikes to take exams in her place, officials said Monday. Tamanna Nusrat, from ruling Awami League party, is accused of paying lookalikes to pretend to be her in at least 13 tests.

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scandal emerged after private brocaster Nagorik TV entered a test hall and confronted one of women posing as Nusrat, in a video that went viral. Nusrat, who was elected to parliament last year, was studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree with Banglesh Open University (BOU).

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"We expelled her because she has committed a crime. A crime is a crime," BOU he M.A. Mannan told AFP. "We have canceled her enrolment. She will never be able to get mitted here again." " proxy students were protected by MP's musclemen when y sat for tests. Everybody knew it but body uttered a word because she is from a very influential family," a college official said. Nusrat could t be reached for comment. Test fraud, cheating and leaking of question papers ahe of exams are common in Banglesh, prompting authorities frequently to cancel results.

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