Interpolation in the voter list

The staff of these three offices have colluded with an outside syndicate to insert names of Rohingyas in exchange for a large sum of money. While some technical experts in the Dhaka EC office and computer operators in Cox's Bazar have disregarded the matter of national security for money, they have been able to do so because of the absolute lack of security in these offices. The matter was detected only when one such person went to the Chattogram EC office to have a NID issued in her name. But nobody knows exactly how many of these Rohingyas have been issued with NID.

It beggars belief that anyone would be able to take out an official computer from an election commission office without being detected. And the fact that an official laptop had been missing for two years without anyone noticing it is pathetic. This means that there is no periodic stocktaking of office equipment at all. One of the arrested staff is well known for his corruption, yet transferring him to another election commission office was the most severe "punishment" he was awarded. Not only that, he eventually managed to get back to his original place of appointment. The matter has serious security implications since many criminals and non-Bangladeshis can get a NID and eventually passport through this syndicate. We suggest a thorough security survey of all the election commission offices in the country be undertaken immediately, and physical security geared up instantly. Offices such as the ECs ought to be treated like a national mint and nothing less. And those officers who failed to exercise their oversight functions should be made example of.