Fake universities, false certificates

The detective branch of police have arrested six people, including the "vice chancellor" of a fake university, his associate and four fake MBBS doctors from the capital's Malibagh area.

"The racket has been selling certificates for the past two decades through a fake institution. They used to put up advertisements on websites, newspapers and social media," AKM Hafiz Akhter, additional commissioner of DB, told a press briefing yesterday.

They charge Tk 5 lakh for local certificates and Tk 25 lakh for foreign ones. So far, they have accumulated crores by providing hundreds of fake certificates of 144 degrees of different disciplines, such as MBBS, BDS, MPhil, PHD and engineering. The arrestees are Md Nurul Haque Sarkar alias Sheikh Gani Sarkar (72), so-called VC of "Premier University of Technology"; his associate Moazzem Hossain (58); and fake doctors Saidur Rahman alias Nazrul (30), Mahfuzur Rahman alias Mahfuz (37), Aman Ullah (38) and Debashish Kundu (52).

Kulsum Akter, wife of arrested Saidur, alleged that Saidur was picked up by plainclothes men on Saturday.

Sarkar also used to introduce himself as the VC of "Pitch Blende University of Science and Technology" and "Peace Land University", both of which are fake.