Court Correspondent :
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday granted a two-day remand for Hasina Begum, who was arrested for alleged counterfeiting the signature of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday evening.
Magistrate Muhammad Mazharul Islam granted the remand on Monday after hearing. Earlier, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Abdul Malek, and also the Investigation Officer of the case, produced the accused to the court, seeking a five-day remand to question about the counterfeiting.
Advocate Shafiqul Islam stood for the accused and sought bail for the woman. The lawyer said that the woman is the victim of the situation. She has been arrested following a prior enmity. There is no specific allegation against her, the lawyer claimed.
Advocate Shafiqul Islam appealed to the court to reject the remand petition describing Hasina Begum as an old and sick woman. However, the court granted remand for two days after hearing the submissions of the prosecution and defence.
Gopal Ganesh Biswas, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, said on Sunday evening the detained woman placed a recommendation to the authorities of Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University to admit a girl there forging the signature of the Prime Minister.
Hasina Begum has been cheating for long by forging the signatures of the government policy-makers including the Prime Minister, the OC added.
It has been learnt that Hasina Begum introduced herself as the chef of Gonobhaban and met the Vice-Chancellor of the university and talked to him over telephone also.
