The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday placed JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on a two-day remand in the case filed against her on charge of possessing two National ID cards with fake information.
Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain passed the order after Md Mominul Islam, a
Sub-Inspector of Badda Police Station and Investigation Officer of the case, produced her in the court with a five-day remand prayer.
In the remand prayer, the IO said that the accused had committed an offence, possessing two National ID cards. So, remand is necessary to gather necessary information from her, the IO added.
Defence Counsel, however, submitted a petition, seeking bail with cancellation of the remand plea. After hearing both sides, the court rejected her bail petition and passed the remand order.
On August 30, Gulshan Thana Election Officer Abdul Momin Mia filed the case against Dr Sabrina with Badda Police Station.
According to the case statement and EC’s NID division, detained Sabrina who is involved with Covid-19 test report forgery, became a voter for the first time in 2009.
At that time, she used Mohammadpur as her current and permanent address. Then she mentioned December 2, 1978 as her date of birth.
She enlisted her husband’s name as ‘Haque’ and educational qualification post-graduation.
But in her second NID issued in 2016, she mentioned Badda as her permanent and current address and her husband’s name as ‘Ariful Chowdhury’. In that ID, she used December 2, 1983 as her date of birth.
She also changed her mother’s name, as well as educational qualifications, declaring herself to be a graduate.
According to Voter Talika of 2009, acquiring dual NID is a punishable offence. The minimum punishment is two years’ jail or fine, or both.
Sabrina and her husband Ariful Haque Chowdhuy are also accused in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 reports.
Recently, ACC began an inquiry against their wealth. During the process, ACC Deputy Director Selina Akhter Moni found that Sabrina has dual NIDs.
The EC has already blocked one NID issued in ‘Sabrina’ name.
