They also detained Farhad from Noakhali and 'Nazim Uddin', another government office staffer, from the capital's Mohammadpur the same day. “Fatema confessed to passing the document containing the prime minister’s orders for Tk 20,000 and also named the others involved in the scam,” said Shamim. The forgers then put a ‘cross’ next to the names of two candidates, including the prime minister's pick for the job, and put a ‘checkmark’ beside Azad's name. “We’ll investigate further to see if he took the money from Abdus Salam Azad. Abdus Salam Azad denied being involved in any transaction with the accused.

Source: bd News24 May 11, 2020 10:30 UTC