Sayedee's Certificate Forgery
10 madrasa board officials asked to explain role
A parliamentary sub-committee probing Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee's certificate forgery yesterday asked ten former and current top officials of the Madrasa board to explain their alleged role in the scam within 10 days.
“The Madrasa board officials, through unfair means, helped Sayedee change his name, and date of birth,” Biren Sikder, member of the three-member of sub-committee, told The Daily Star after a meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
The officials include Madrasa Education Board's former chairman Mohammad Yusuf, former registrar Hafizur Rahman, incumbent Chairman Abdun Nur, and Professor of Islamic Studies department of Dhaka University Ruhul Amin. They have to come up with their reply at the sub-committee's meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on October 14.
“The committee members enquired them [the officials] of the existing rules and asked them to defend themselves regarding their irregularities. But they sought time for their reply,” said Biren, also an Awami League MP.
The parliamentary committee on education ministry found on August 12 that Sayedee, now facing war crimes trial, changed his name and age on Dakhil and Alim certificates illegally in November 2008, more than five decades after he had got them.
He made the changes within just three days with the help of some corrupt officials of the Madrasa board.
The parliamentary body on August 12 formed the three-member sub-committee to investigate the certificate scam with lawmaker Abdul Wohab as its head.
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