An Indian citizen from Murshidabad district of West Bengal has allegedly obtained Bangladeshi citizenship using false information.
Local residents said that the man, identified in India as Saher Ali Sardar, 38, obtained a Bangladeshi birth registration in March 2020 and a national identity card in July 2022 under the name Md Akash Pramanik.
They said that Saher came to Bangladesh several years ago to visit relatives and never returned.
He later concealed his identity, married at Dhopapara under Puthia upazila in Rajshahi, and managed to obtain the Bangladeshi documents.
Saher, son of Sohrab Sardar of Bantai Dangapara Sani Mandir area in Murshidabad, changed his name and address to secure Bangladeshi citizenship.
The matter has come to light recently when Asma Begum, listed as his mother in his Bangladeshi NID, filed a complaint with the Rajshahi district administration, demanding cancellation of his citizenship.
According to his Indian unique identification card (ID number 339991663915), Saher Ali was born on January 1, 1988. In Bangladeshi documents, Akash Pramanik鈥檚 birth certificate (No 1998811820415762) lists his date of birth as January 15, 1990, and his address as Dhopapara village at Puthia upazila in Rajshahi.
Asma told 抖阴精品 that they had taken Saher in about seven years ago when he claimed to be homeless.
鈥楲ater, I found that he used my and my husband鈥檚 national ID information to make his own under a false name. He even married here. I want him sent back to his own country,鈥� she said.
She added that Saher had used her name to register a SIM card and apply for official documents.
Contacted, Saher admitted that he is an Indian citizen but denied the allegations of wrongdoing by himself in obtaining Bangladeshi documents, claiming that Asma and her husband had arranged all the documents for him.
鈥業 was an orphan, and they took me in. I did not commit any fraud,鈥� he said, adding that Asma and her husband forced him out of their house four years ago after a family dispute.
He said that he had obtained a Bangladeshi NID card several years ago and a passport that he used to travel abroad.
Puthia upazila nirbahi officer Liaquat Salman said that a probe in this connection had been ordered by the district administration.
鈥楾he upazila agriculture officer has been assigned to investigate and submit a report,鈥� he said.
Upazila agriculture officer Smriti Rani Sarker said that the inquiry was under way.聽
