Seven BKSP coaches forged certificates?
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved filing of cases against seven coaches of the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) after an initial inquiry found those coaches to have forged educational certificates.
The inquiry, which was undertaken in 2016 and conducted by a deputy director of Dhaka-2 zone of the ACC, was recently completed.
The allegation against the seven coaches of seven different disciplines is that they had submitted forged graduate certificates.
One of the coaches in question, Syed Asbab Ali, who resigned as head coach of shooting discipline after the inquiry began, refuted the allegation levelled against him.
“I didn't submit any false certificates,” Asbab said. “The BKSP authority gave me the job in 2005. When the post of head coach was vacant in 2011, I was asked to apply but I told them that I didn't have educational qualifications. Despite that, one of the directors asked me to apply.
“I was even served a show-cause notice and I replied with the documents I had. I didn't submit any graduation certificate because I don't have any,” he added.
Archery coach Sajjad Hossain, the country's first international gold medallist in his discipline, expressed similar sentiments.
“I left the job when the question regarding certificates was raised,” he said. “Later, I was called by the ACC for an interview and I talked to them. I had got the job with a genuine HSC certificate, but later they [BKSP] demanded graduation certificates in line with the ministry's instruction. So I resigned from the post of my own accord.”
Gymnastics coach Kazi Akram, another of those who resigned after the inquiry started last year, suspected that a vested quarter inside the BKSP might be behind this. He said that the coaches were told that graduation certificates were needed only for promotion to head coach's position.
“My graduation certificate was genuine and I submitted it for the promotion. However, I resigned the job as senior coach in [June] 2016 when the allegation came against me,” the coach said. “A BKSP official told me that I would get benefits if I left the job because I was supposed to retire in 2017 anyway.
“I went through three interviews to get the job. If I had submitted false certificates, they could have denied me the job at that time. I was questioned by an ACC official and I told him everything,” Akram added.
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