[Reader-list] 10,000 fake nat’l ID cards seized

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

Taha,
human greed and thirst for wealth has no national boundaries, just as
science and technology can be used for the good of the society, the same is
true to use harm the society, if the greed for wealth takes over, terror
accused are in business of terror not for any faith but the poverty their
family suffers in, the money that funds the terror gets many "activists '
also to support the accused as these activists get plenty more for being
celebs in society, defending the "rights' of the deviants at all times for
valuable consideration.! Crime is always one step ahead of prevention, said
the wisdom.
regards,
rajen

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Taha Mehmood
<2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Is this an indicator of things to come in India...
>
> http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=137362
>
> 10,000 fake nat’l ID cards seized
> Staff Correspondent
>
> Rab personnel yesterday seized 10,000 fake national identity cards and
> 2,610 unregistered SIM cards from two shops at Sundarban Square
> Supermarket in capital’s Gulistan area.
>
> They arrested three people — Nur Mohammad Khan, 53, owner of Grameen
> Mobile Centre, and Mahmudul Hasan Mridha, 27 and his brother Nazrul
> Islam Mridha, 28, who own Mobile Land.
>
> A team of Rapid Action Battalion-3, led by Maj MM Shafikur Rahman,
> raided the two shops on the first floor of the market early in the
> morning.
>
> About 1,500 unregistered SIM cards and 6,000 fake national ID cards
> were seized at Grameen Mobile Centre while 1,110 SIM cards and 4,000
> fake ID Cards were found at Mobile Land.
>
> The SIM cards were of several mobile phone operators, namely
> Grameenphone, Banglalink, Warid, Rabi, and Teletalk.
>
> A network of criminals is active across the country in preparing fake
> documents. Some photo studios and IT personnel are also involved in
> the scam, said Rab.
>
> Rab-3 Director Lt Col Mamun Mahmud Feroze Chowdhury said it is almost
> impossible to check illegal trade of unregistered SIM cards if cell
> phone companies do not assign surveillance teams to monitor it.
>
> Criminals use unregistered SIM cards or those registered with fake
> papers for criminal activities making it difficult for law enforces to
> detect them.
>
> The use of fake ID cards is on the rise due to lack of enforcement of
> the law that provides for imprisonment up to seven years and a penalty
> of Tk 1 lakh for producing false ID cards or carrying them, Rab said.
>
> If found guilty of carrying two identity cards by the same name, a
> person could face one year’s imprisonment and a penalty of Tk 20,000.
>
> National ID card was introduced during the tenure of the last
> caretaker government. The Election Commission at the same time
> prepared voter list with photographs ahead of the parliamentary
> election in 2008. Over eight crore ID cards were prepared and
> distributed.
>
> Nur Mohammad, owner of Grameen Mobile Centre, said Kamal from
> Keraniganj used to supply them with fake national ID cards and
> photographs.
>
> He said he used to pay Tk 40 for a hundred fake national ID cards and
> sell them for Tk 50 to SIM card traders across the county.
>
> Nur said he had been involved in the illegal trade for about two years.
>
> The arrestees said Kamal supplied them with fake national ID cards but
> did not know where they were produced.
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-- 
Rajen.