JS to probe forgery of NID cards
A parliamentary body yesterday formed a two-member sub-committee to probe into fake National Identity Cards made by some unscrupulous quarters on different occasions.
The parliamentary standing committee on the public administration ministry came up with the decision following the seizure of a huge number of forged NID cards on Friday.
Headed by ruling Awami League lawmaker RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury, the sub-committee was asked to talk to everyone concerned, including the Election Commission, and submit a report soon.
The other member of the sub-committee is M Abdur Rahman, also from the AL.
The decision came at the maiden meeting of the parliamentary body with its Chairman AHN Ashiqur Rahman in the chair at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
Contacted, Obaidul declined to comment on the issue.
Earlier on Friday, police arrested two youths in the city and seized 53,100 forged NID cards, the largest ever haul of such fake documents.
Police said the duo had been selling fake NID cards for the last one and a half months and had photographs of 36,300 people in their possession for the purposes of producing forged documents.
Pointing to Sunday's newspaper reports on the seizure, the parliamentary watchdog observed that the fake NID cards were being distributed via retailers selling mobile SIM cards.
It is alleged that retailers assist unscrupulous people in obtaining SIM cards without proper authentication.
The meeting also discussed various other issues, including the matter of bringing pace into the activities of the ministry, sources told The Daily Star.
It also reviewed the Bangladesh Public Service Commission's annual report for 2013 that was placed in parliament and decided to have further discussions on it at the next meeting.
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