FBD Desk:

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 14 people, including the registrar of the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BM&DC), for registering as an MBBS doctor using a fake certificate.

On Wednesday (December 2) the ACC deputy director deleted. Selina Akhtar Moni filed the case as a plaintiff. ACC Director (Public Relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya confirmed the matter to Jago News.

The case alleges that the accused conspired with each other to provide fraud, forgery and false information through abuse of power, using fake certificates, obtaining and using the registration certificate as an MBBS physician under sections 420/465/48/48/481/109 and 1946. No. has committed a punishable offense under Section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The accused in the case are- Mohammad Borhan Uddin, Administrative Officer of Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council and Md. Registrar. Jahidul Haque Basunia. The rest are- Md. Iman Ali, Sudeb Sen, Tanmoy Ahmed, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Moktar Hossain, Md. Asad Ullah, Md. Kauser, Rahmat Ali, Sheikh Atiyar Rahman, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Aslam Hossain and Mohammad Masud Parvez.

According to the briefing of the incident, the alleged fake degree holders have passed MBBS from Taishan Medical University in China. They took part in the registration qualifying examination conducted by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council on different dates using the fake MBBS certificate of that university. In this case, they have passed the examination conducted by BM&DC, received registration number as a doctor, practiced internship in different medical colleges of the country and are engaged in medical services in different hospitals.

But verification of records shows that their MBBS certificates are fake. According to him, the ACC sends photocopies of the certificates to the Taishan Medical University authorities through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to verify the validity of their MBBS certificates. In this context, after verifying the certificates through the Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing, China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, East Asia and Pacific Section sent a record letter to the ACC on 21-01-2019.

A review of the records obtained shows that according to the authorities of the School of International Education Taishan Medical University, the MBBS certificates of the 12 MBBS degree holders mentioned are fake.

The opinions of handwriting experts are taken to test the authenticity of the signatures of the certificates. It also shows that the signatures of various officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been forged in the signatures of the charter. The 12 fake MBBS holders never studied at Taishan Medical University in China. Some went to China only on tourist visas, there is no evidence to support their stay in the country.

Meanwhile, BM&DC has not followed any precaution or regulation in the verification and selection of certificates, the statement said.(Source: Online)