The Election Commission (EC) has found evidence in its preliminary investigation that five institutions using NID services leaked information to third parties.
EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed disclosed this while speaking to reporters after a views-exchange meeting with institutions receiving NID verification services at Nirbachan Bhaban on Tuesday.
The five accused are the Director General of Health Services, UCB Bank’s Upay, the Chittagong Port Authority, Department of Women Affairs and IBAS of the Finance Ministry.
“These institutions have been asked to show cause. An investigation is underway to determine whether this occurred due to negligence or was done intentionally. If anyone has done this on his or her own initiative, it is a punishable offence,” said the Secretary.
He said 182 institutions use this service from the NID wing. There should be a limit to use the data of the NID server, he added.
Akhtar Ahmed said that 182 organisations verify NID information from the Election Commission. Some of the institutions provide the NID verification service to the third parties, which is a violation of the terms of the agreement.
The three-day views-exchange with stakeholders will review how much information an organisation requires and whether it is accessing more than necessary, he added.
