200 forged DU certificates found
BSS, Dhaka
Dhaka University (DU) has recently detected 'a good number of fake certificates' on the basis of letters received from different government and non-government offices, foreign missions and institutions requesting verification of those certificates.Sources said University Transcription Section has detected as many as 200 fake certificates while investigating 309 allegations of fraud. The controller of examinations of DU has received about 200 letters in this regard from 16 universities in Canada, US, New Zealand and Australia through their diplomatic missions in Dhaka. The Bar Council also recently submitted nine such allegations to the DU officer for verification of LLB and LLM certificates. Last year, the DU detected 40 forged certificates of BA, MA, M.Com, MSS, M.Sc, LLB and LLM. In June, the DU discovered a fake LLB certificate belonging to SM Hafiz Uddin following a complaint lodged by Dhaka Bar Council in April. Talking to the news agency, DU Vice-chancellor Prof. SMA Faiz said the fake certificates were not issued by the university, adding that neither the department concerned nor the university publish those results. He further said, "On behalf of the university, law enforcing agencies have already been informed to take necessary actions so that such incidents do not recur." Former vice-chancellor Prof. Shahid Uddin Ahmed said a commission for investigation for abuse of authority should be formed to investigate the matter. Quoting an AFP news, Prof. Ahmed said an anti-corruption body in Nepal has charged 101 public servants with entering government service on fake educational certificates
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