Daughter's Admission to School
Doctor in custody for 'forging' state minister's signature
Our Correspondent, Barisal
A government doctor has been handed over to police by Barisal Deputy Commissioner for submitting a forged recommendation of State Minister for Education A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon for admission of his daughter to a school. The accused doctor, A K M Siddiqur Rahman, is Sub-Assistant Community Medical Officer at Charkawa. When asked at Kotwali thana yesterday, he said he collected the recommendation letter through one of his relatives and knows nothing about forgery. But he declined to disclose the identity of that relative. The physician had submitted an application on Saturday to Ajita Rani Samadder, headmistress of Barisal Government Girls' High School, with the forged recommendation for admission of his daughter Tanzin Akter Muna to Class VI. After receiving the recommendation, the headmistress met with DC M Abdul Monaf Patwari and the chairman of the school governing body and discuss the matter. It was proved that the fake letter was written on the State Minister letterhead and his signature was forged. As the doctor came to the school on Sunday for admission of his daughter, the headmistress asked him to meet the DC, who handed him over to police. Didarul Alam, duty officer at Barisal Kotwali thana said the physician was detained under Section 54 and would be sent to court after the school authorities file a case.
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