Former Bangladesh cabinet secretary son captured with forged certificate by Dhaka board

Dhaka board captures student 
with forged certificate 
Staff Correspondent

Officials of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka on Wednesday captured a forged HSC certificate holder, but did not hand him over to the police amid pressure of higher authorities, board officials said.
Mahbub Imam Majumdar, who passed himself off as son of former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Majumdar, came to the board office today to have his SSC and HSC certificates attested. Our officials found Mahbub's HSC certificate to be forged,' the board's chairman M Monirul Islam told newsmen in his office.

Mahbub also passed himself off as a Bangladesh Navy captain and asked our officials to attest the certificate quickly. Our officials contacted the navy headquarters and were informed that the identity was also forged. They handed Mahbub over to on-duty Ansars personnel,' the chairman said.

Mahbub later admitted to having a forged HSC certificate and said he was not a navy official,' a board official said.

Mahbub claimed he had obtained the certificate from the College of Development Alternative. He came to the board for attestation as higher studies abroad requires certificates to be attested by education boards,' another official said. 'We are facing pressure of the high up in the education ministry to set him free as he is son of a former cabinet secretary.'

Mahbub told newsmen he was a student of a private university and his HSC certificate was forged. Mahbub was not handed over to the police till 9:00pm.

Source:http://www.newagebd.com/2008/dec/18/front.html#16

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