BSS
  25 Feb 2026, 19:31

7 charge-sheeted over fake certificate used for 20 years of employment

DHAKA, Feb 25, 2026 (BSS) – The ACC today submitted charge sheet in a case filed against a high official of the National Housing Authority for securing job with a fake certificate and six others for their involvement with it 

 According to the ACC, the National Housing Authority official secured the job with a fake certificate and continued in service for 20 years.

According to Md. Akhtarul Islam, Deputy Director of the Public Relations Department of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the case was filed on August 29 in 2023 at the ACC Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1.

The ACC said Md. Delwar Hossain, an upper division clerk at the Rajshahi Circle of the National Housing Authority (NHA), had been serving in his position for two decades using forged academic credentials. Following an investigation, the ACC found evidence supporting the allegations and subsequently submitted the charge sheet.

The accused named in the charge sheet are Md. Delwar Hossain, upper division clerk at the National Housing Authority, Rajshahi Circle, Md. Harun -Or-Rashid, former Principal of Companyganj Badiul Alam Degree College, Md. Abdus Salam, former Chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Cumilla, A.K.M. Sahab Uddin, Deputy Secretary (Administration) of the same board, Syed Mokbul Hossain, former Section Officer of the board, Khandaker Akhtaruzzaman, former Chairman of the National Housing Authority and Mosammat Nusrat Jahan, wife of main accused Delwar Hossain, 

The ACC pressed the charge sheet under section 32 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and Rule 15(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Rules, 2007.  The charges also include relevant sections (420/468/471/409/109) of the Penal Code, Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and section 27(1) of the 2004 Act.