Possession of 2 NID cards: Charges accepted against Sabrina

A Dhaka court today accepted charges against Sabrina Sharmin Hossain, chairman of JKG Health Care, in a case filed against her for possessing two National Identity Cards with fake information.

After scrutinising case dockets and other relevant documents, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shahidul Islam passed the order.

The magistrate also sent the case to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for the next course of action.

On December 1, Mohammad Ripon Uddin, a sub-inspector of DB and also the case's investigation officer, submitted the charge sheet to Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court.

In the charge sheet, the IO said the charges brought against Dr Sabrina of possessing two National ID cards with fake information were primarily proven and she should be brought under trial.

On August 30, 2020, Election Officer Abdul Momin Mia under Gulshan Police Station filed the case against Sabrina with Badda Police Station.

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 said her current and permanent address both are in Mohammadpur. She mentioned December 2, 1978 as her date of birth.

She enlisted her husband's name as "Haque" and educational qualification as post-graduation.

But in her second NID issued in 2016, she mentioned her permanent and current address as 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.

According to Voter Talika Ain 2009, acquiring dual NID is a punishable offence. The minimum punishment is two years' jail or fine, or both.

On July 19 this year, Sabrina was jailed for 11 years in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.