Forgery in savings certificate server: 1 arrested, ex-JCD leader among 4 sued 

The Bangladesh Bank has filed a case against four individuals, including former Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) central vice president Md Maruf Elahi Rony, over the embezzlement of funds through forgery in the savings certificate system.

The case was filed on Thursday (30 October) with the Motijheel Police Station on behalf of the Bangladesh Bank by Additional Director Abul Khayer Md Khalid. 

Police have arrested one of the accused, Arifur Rahman Mim, from the Motijheel area. 

Hussain M Farabi, assistant commissioner of police for the Motijheel zone, confirmed the matter.

According to the case statement, the accused unlawfully accessed the user ID provided by the Department of National Savings to the Bangladesh Bank. 

They entered the system and changed customers' mobile phone numbers and account numbers to embezzle money.

It was mentioned that through this fraud, Tk50 lakh from two savings certificates were transferred to the Dutch-Bangla Bank's Karwan Bazar branch account of Mohammad Maruf Elahi Rony. 

However, the central bank froze the funds before withdrawal.

In another instance, Tk25 lakh from the savings certificate of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General officer SM Rizvi was encashed and transferred to the account of Arifur Rahman Mim at the NRBC Bank's Raniganj sub-branch in Dinajpur. 

The money was later withdrawn in cash from two branches in Dhaka.

Maruf Elahi Rony was a student of the 2007-08 session in the Department of Food and Nutrition Science at the University of Dhaka. 

He served as president of the Amar Ekushey Hall unit of JCD and later became the central committee's vice president.