Staff Reporter :
The Rohingyas, who were forcibly displaced from their homes in Rakhine State by the Myanmar Army, have become voters of Bangladesh since at least five years in exchange for money.
Allegations have been revised about providing NID and enlisting Rohingyas in voter list against Naikhongchhari’s Gumdum Union Parishad Chairman Jahangir Aziz, UP Member Babul Kanti and local Awami League leader Serajul Islam.
It is leant that Chairman Aziz gang had provided about 500 NIDs to the Rohingyas and enlisted them in voter list taking money with the help of Upazila selection Officials.
In hilly region it needs 14 officials, recommendations including UNO to get a NID.
When visited to the Naikhongchhari Election Office it was found that all 500 Rohingyas details remained in the EC server.
Yusuf Nabi, a small shop owner at Gumdum’s Rezu Amtali area. He came to Bangladesh as a refugee, now he is a Bangladeshi citizen owing an NID. Yusuf claims his father’s name is Ashraf Ali. But Ashraf Ali does not recognize him. Bangladeshi NID owner Rohingya refugee Ziabul, Azizul Hoque’s stories are almost same. When contacted their fake mother, used their NID, Fatema Begum said, she has not any children with such names.
UP Member Babul Kanti and Awami League leader Serajul Islam was the main persons to commit the forgery. They helped Ziabul, Azizul to get NID using Fatema’s name.
When asked Member Babul Kanti said that there is an allegation against him that he is providing NID to the Rohingas in return of money. He denied the allegation and claimed that UP Chairman Jahangir Aziz and Serajul Islam were responsible for that.
The election officials refused to make any comment over the issue.
This correspondent has failed to reach Chairman Jahangir Aziz for a comment.
