NN Online:
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said displaced Rohingya people, who sought refuge in Cox’s Bazar after fleeing persecution in Myanmar, are involved in illegal attempts to acquire national identity (NID) cards.
“It has recently been observed that Rohingyas are making efforts to collect NIDs from various districts and upazila election offices across the country,” said the Election Commission on Thursday, reports UNB.
But no one other than Bangladeshi citizens has scope to be enrolled in the country’s voter lists as per the article 7 (1) (Ka) of the Electoral Rolls Act 2009, said the commission.
“Despite this, some unscrupulous people and circles of brokers in Bangladesh are helping Rohingyas become voters, which is a punishable offense under the Electoral Rolls Act, 2009 and the National Identity Registration Act, 2010,” said the EC.
In this context, the Election Commission asked all to inform its upazila, district, regional election offices or the EC secretariat over if any foreign national is involved in evil efforts to collect NID.
People have been asked to provide information regarding such evil-attempts through following channels; telephone- 02-55007600, email – [email protected], call centre 105 (toll free), or postal mail addressing the secretary of EC secretariat, Nirbachan Bhaban, Plot No E-14/Z, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207.
