Two EC staff placed on remand in Ctg

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CHATTOGRAM, Nov 13, 2019 (BSS) – Two employees of Election Commission
(EC), who provided counterfeit NID among Rohingya people, were place on
seven-day remand today.

The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Sarwar Jahan passed the order to
place Abul Khair Bhuiyan, 45, senior office assistant at the EC’s Chattogram
district office and Anwar Hossain, 45, office assistant at the EC’s Mirsarai
upazila office on seven day remand each.

Earlier, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit arrested
two employees of the Election Commission’s offices from their respective
offices in connection with the distribution of counterfeit NIDs to Rohingyas
this morning, said CTTC Inspector Rajesh Barua.

The investigating officer Rajesh Barua prayed for 10-day remand while
the court granted seven-day remand