He did so by tampering with the freedom fighter (FF) certificate of Sultan Ahmed – the actual freedom fighter who resides in the same village and whose father’s name is also Syed Ali. But hopefully, we can verify the listed heroic freedom fighters within January 2021,” said MD Zahurul Islam Rhohel. “Though they might be real freedom fighters, they are going to be scrutinized as they were not recommended. Other categories of freedom fighters like the Indian list of freedom fighters, Shaheed civil gazette prepared by Kalyan Trust, Shaheed gazette listed by armed forces, etc will be out of the scope of verification. Monthly benefits aside, each freedom fighter receives Tk20,000 for two Eid bonuses, Tk5,000 for victory day allowance and Tk2,000 for Bengali new year allowance, summing up to Tk1.71 lakh a year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 15, 2020 18:40 UTC