The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case in Chattogram against three individuals, including an election official, on charges of creating a National Identity Card (NID) using a fake birth registration certificate and false information.
The accused are – Abdul Jalil, the then Bandar Thana Election Officer and current Additional Election Officer of Feni district Muhammad Ashraful Alam, and the former birth registration assistant of Ward No 8 (Shulakbahar) of Chattogram City Corporation, Pintu Kumar Dey.
The case was filed on Wednesday at the ACC Chattogram Integrated District Office-1 by Assistant Director Ang T Chowdhury of the ACC Chittagong Divisional Office (Attachment).
Subel Ahmed, deputy director of ACC Chattogram Integrated District Office-1, confirmed the matter and said, “The accused, in collusion with each other, forged a document through fraud and forgery. The allegation has been found true in the primary investigation. If anyone else’s involvement is found during the investigation, they will also be included in the case.”
The ACC’s complaint states that no official documents regarding Abdul Jalil’s birth, citizenship, or his parents’ identity could be found. Without proof of legal citizenship, he created a fake birth registration certificate on 22 July 2011. Subsequently, in May 2017, that certificate was renewed using a forged signature and fake documents.
The complaint alleges that Abdul Jalil was assisted in this work by the then Bandar Thana Election Officer Muhammad Ashraful Alam and CCC’s Birth Registration Assistant Pintu Kumar Dey. Based on that fake certificate, an NID was later obtained from the Election Commission office using false information and addresses.
In the NID application form, the sections for his father’s, mother’s, and wife’s identities were left blank. Furthermore, the ACC stated that no evidence of his residence was found at the permanent and current addresses mentioned.
ACC’s forensic examination proved that the signature on the birth registration certificate and the registrar’s signature were forged.
In this incident, a case has been filed against the three accused under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, and 109 of the Penal Code and section 5(2) of the Corruption Prevention Act, 1947.
