Dr Sabrina denied bail

A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury in a case filed over possessing two national identity cards (NID).
Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari passed the order after the hearing on the bail petition.
On September 3 another Dhaka court placed Sabrina on a two-day remand in the case.
On August 30, Gulshan Thana Election Officer Abdul Momin Mia filed the case against Sabrina with Badda Police Station.
According to the case statement and EC's NID Division, detained Sabrina who is involved in Covid-19 test report forgery, became a voter for the first time in 2009. At that time, she used her current and permanent address in Mohammadpur. She mentioned December 2 of 1978 as her date of birth.She enlisted her husband's name to be 'Haque' and educational qualification as post-graduate.
But in her second NID issued in 2016, she mentioned her permanent and current address in Badda and her husband's name as 'Ariful Chowdhury'. In that ID, she used December 2 of 1983 as her date of birth.
She also changed her mother's name, as well as educational qualifications, declaring herself to be a graduate.
According to Voter Talika Ain 2009, acquiring dual NID is a punishable offence. The minimum punishment is two years' jail or fine, or both.