EC sues Sabrina for possessing two NIDs
The Election Commission filed a case against JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on the charge of possessing two National ID cards with fake information.
Gulshan Thana Election Officer Abdul Momin Mia filed the case with Badda Police Station on Sunday night, Parvez Islam, officer-in-charge of the police Station, told The Daily Star.
According to the case statement and EC's NID division, detained Sabrina who is involved in Covid-19 test report forgery, became a voter for the first time in 2009.
At that time, she used her current and permanent address in Mohammadpur. She mentioned December 2, 1978 as her date of birth.
She enlisted her husband's name to be H Haque and educational qualification post-graduation.
But in her second NID issued in 2016, she mentioned her permanent and current address in Badda and her husband's name as Ariful Chowdhury. In that ID, she used December 2, 1983 as her date of birth.
She also changed her mother's name, as well as educational qualifications, declaring herself a graduate.
She has been possessing the two NID cards, said a police official.
According to Voter Talika Ain 2009, acquiring dual NID is a punishable offence, the minimum punishment being two years' jail or fine, or both.
Sabrina and her husband Ariful Haque Chowdhuy are accused in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 reports.
Recently, ACC began an inquiry against their wealth. During the process, ACC Deputy Director Selina Akhter Moni found that Sabrina has dual NIDs.
On August 18, she wrote a letter to the EC about the offence.
The EC has already blocked one NID issued under Sabrina's name.
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