Woman faking PM’s signature handed over to police

Staff Correspondent: Authorities of Sher-e- Bangla Agricultural University have handed over a woman named Hasina Begum to police for allegedly counterfeiting the signature of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday evening.

Gopal Ganesh Biswas, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, said the detained woman placed a recommendation to the authority of the university to admit a girl there forging the signature of the prime minister.

On suspicion, the university authority detained her and handed over to the police.

Hasina Begum has been cheating for long by forging the signatures of the government policy makers including the prime minister, the OC added.

Legal action will be taken against her, he said.

It is learnt that Hasina Begum introducing herself as the chef of Gonobhaban met the vice-chancellor of the university and talked to him over phone.

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