BSS-43 ACC to probe PMO document forgery case

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ACC to probe PMO document forgery case

DHAKA, Dec 24, 2020 (BSS) – A court here has ordered Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to probe a case lodged over forgery of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) document.

Confirming the matter to BSS, an official of the ACC general registration wing at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court today said the court has sent the documents of the case to them on December 6.

“As involvement of government officials was found in the case and the charges were found to be a scheduled offence under ACC act, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh on December 8 ordered the anti-graft body to probe the case,” the official, refusing to be named, said.

Police on September 22 filed charge-sheet against six persons including former Chhatra League central committee leader Tarikul Islam Momin in the case.

Investigation officer (IO) and Tejgaon Police Station inspector Mohammad Kamal Uddin filed the charge-sheet against Momin, PMO staff Fatema Khatun, Nazim Uddin, Rubel, North-South University student Forhad Hossain and former treasurer of Bangladesh University of Professionals’ retired Air Commodore M Abdus Salam Azad.

Mohammad Rafiqul Alam, director-7 of PMO, on May 5 filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station.

PMO staff Fatema has already given a confessional statement on May 10, saying she brought out a confidential file from PMO and handed that over to Farhad, an associate of Momin, who had changed the prime minister’s decision through forgery.

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