Dhaka: A woman MP of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party was expelled from university for allegedly hiring as many as eight lookalikes to write examinations in her place.
Tamanna Nusrat is accused of paying the lookalikes to pretend to be her for at least 13 exams.
Nusrat who was elected to the Bangladesh Parliament last year was enrolled in the Bangladesh Open University as a student of Bachelor of Arts.
She was expelled from the university.
"We expelled her because she has committed a crime. A crime is a crime," BOU head M.A. Mannan told.
"We have canceled her enrolment. She will never be able to get admitted here again," he added.
The incident came to light when correspondents of Nagorik TV, a public broadcaster, entered one of the exam centers and confronted a woman posing as Nusrat. A video has gone viral.
A four-member investigation team also probed the matter while Nusrat could not be reached for comment.
She holds one of 50 parliamentary seats reserved for women.
The Awami League has said it will take up the matter seriously.
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