A studio near gate no 1 of Rajshahi Police Line is producing fake police identity cards.
Sarker Studio has allegedly been involved in making phony national identity cards, driving licences, identity cards for police and other cards for Indian nationals for long. The studio is run by Rezaul Islam Liton, son of Akbar Ali of Keshabpur in the city.
Such a fake card was given to Liakat Ali, an Indian citizen, and the address mentioned in it was actually that of Liton’s residence owned by his father Akbar Ali.
Liakat’s card read: Name: Liakat Ali, father: Harunur Rashid, locality: Keshabpur, holding no 84, Rajpara, Rajshahi.
His original address, however, was at Bagdanga village of Bhagabangola thana in Murshidabad district of India. No one named Liakat Ali was found in the Rajpara address or in nearby homes either.
Producing fake identity cards by copying authentic ones and using them, are both unlawful, said a police official.
He said as a law enforcer, if he loses his card or gets it damaged, he is held accountable to the higher authorities. The potential hassle prompts many to go for fake cards. Many even keep the original cards at home and carry the fake ones without informing the authorities.
Even there is restriction from the authorities to use phony cards, he added.
Many policemen of Rajshahi Police Line have been said to have collected fake cards from Sarker Studio.
Officer-in-charge of Rajpara police station Khan Mohammad Shahariar said no lawman is allowed to use such fake identity card. This is a serious offence for both the maker and user of such cards.
“I will look into it and will take necessary action,” he said.
Sarker Studio owner Liton, however, rejected his involvement in such illegal acts outright. He said he was hired in the national identity card project but now spends less time at his studio.
