2 held for document forgery

Law enforces arrested two people in connection with the production of forged documents in Demra of Dhaka early today.

The arrestees are Md Zakir Hossain Babul, 32, son of Abdul Mannan from Chadpur, and Md Masud Hawlader, 34, son of late Momin Uddin, from Gazipur.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-10 seized a huge amount of fake certificates, licenses including BRTC driving licenses, legal documents, and digital plates in a drive at Konapara from 12:30am to 5:30am.

The arrestees were involved with forgery for a long time, said Md Shahibuddin Khan, deputy inspector general (DIG) of Rab-10, in a press release issued today.

One of the arrestees, Zakir, first started a business selling signboards, banners and rubber stamps but later, in 2003, he started making and selling forged mark sheets and certificates of different universities and education boards.

Confessesing to their crimes, the arrestees said that they used to sell these forged documents and items for Tk 500-2000, the press release added.

A case will be filed with Demra Police Station in this regard.