A parliamentary body has formed a three-member sub-committee to enquire allegations surrounding the quality of gold used in the crests awarded to foreign friends of Liberation War.
The parliamentary standing committee on Liberation War Affairs formed sub-committee in its meting at the parliament on Thursday.
Former primary and mass education minister Afsarul Amin was made convener of the committee.
Two Awami League MPs Iqbalur Rahim and Golam Dastagir Gazi are the other members of the sub-committee that would submit report to the panel detecting persons involved in the corruption in making 300 crests.
According to the government decision, each of the foreign friends was supposed to get a 30 bhori silver crest coated with one bhori gold.
The Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI) under industries ministry tested the crests and found at best 25% gold and 351 grams of iron alloy instead of silver.
Between 2012 and 2013, the government honoured 338 foreign individuals and organisations with awards.
