NIDs for Rohingyas: ACC sues 3 cops, EC high-up

GBNEWS24 DESK//

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sued three police inspectors, a senior official of the election commission, and 13 Rohingya refugees for being involved in providing Rohingyas with Bangladeshi passports and National ID cards.

This was the sixth case the ACC filed last week over the issue of Rohingyas receiving Bangladeshi National ID cards.

Several Election Commission employees, a former ward councillor, a former union parishad chairman and Rohingyas were among the accused.

Sharif Uddin, deputy assistant director of ACC’s Chattogram Integrated Office-2, filed the case yesterday accusing Mozammel Hossain, additional regional election officer of Cumilla; police inspectors SM Mizanur Rahman, 52, of Patuakhali Police Control Room, Ruhul Amin, 49, of Begumganj Police Station in Noakhali, and Pravash Chandra Dhar, 47, of Rangpur DIG Range Office; and Rohingya refugees Tayeb, Wases, Yahia, Rahim, Abdur Rahman, Abdus Sakur, Nur Habiba, Amatur Rahim, Asmaul Husna, Nur Hamida, Amatur Rahman, Osama and Hafez Nurul Alam.

According to the complaint lodged by Sharif, when SM Mizanur Rahman was an inspector of Special Branch in Cox’s Bazar, he cleared six Rohingyas to get Bangladeshi passports.

Inspector Pravash forwarded the reports to the superintendent of police in the district without verification and the latter approved the reports. As a result, the Rohingya individuals, also accused in the case, got Bangladeshi passports.

The ACC has written to the authorities requesting cancellation of the passports issued to the Rohingya individuals.

Ruhul Amin, the other accused police officer, helped Tayeb and Amatur get Bangladeshi passports.

ACC officer Sharif said after receiving a complaint in 2018, the Election Commission asked Mozammel to look into whether certain Rohingyas had been given Bangladeshi national identity cards.

Mozammel then submitted his report in favour of the Rohingyas, he added.

Sharif Uddin was transferred to Patuakhali hours after he filed a case accusing a director of EC headquarters over the issue on Wednesday. The ACC officials said the transfer was routine work.