Certificate Forgeries in CU
Three cases in final stages of judicial process
Of four cases filed for issuance of fraudulent certificates from Chittagong University (CU), three are in the final stages of judicial process in various courts while judgement on the fourth has been passed.
In the judgement, former examination comptroller BMA Latif Khan and section officer Md Nasir Uddin were sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, said sources.
They were also fined Tk 10,000 each, in default to serve six more months in prison.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Prosecutor Advocate Mesbah Uddin Chowdhury said of the three cases, two were awaiting judgment while witnesses' depositions were being recorded in the third.
The accused in the three cases, filed by AKM Nurul Huda Azad, assistant inspector of the former Bureau of Anti Corruption, were Latif, Nasir and deputy examination comptroller Kazi Habibur Rahman.
The two awaiting judgement were filed on November 16 and 17 of 1999 respectively, said Mesbah.
Both accused the three of tampering with the certificates and mark sheets of Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) final year exams of 1991 and 1990 respectively, he said.
A total of 51 certificates, three of LLB and 48 of BA, had been tampered with as stated in one of the two cases. In the second case, witnesses had been interrogated.
“We have asked the CU authority to bring the main copies of the gazette of the results and the tabulation sheets in these cases. The court will pronounce the judgment after looking into the original copies,” he added.
The third case, where witnesses' depositions were being recorded, was filed with Hathazari Police Station on November 15, 1999, said Mesbah.
In it, the three were accused of tampering with the 1992 mark and tabulation sheets of BA and LLB final year exams, he added.
An investigation found approximately 2,400 CU certificates from CU to have been fabricated. The certificates include 111 LLB ones, inclusive of Justice Faisal Mahmud Faizee's certificate.
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