Man arrested with seals of ministers

Dhaka, Nov 17 (bdnews24.com)—Police have arrested a man in possession of stamp seals of 40 ministers, state ministers and secretary-level government officials from the city's Azimpur. They say Mojibur Rahman Khandaker Shamim, 38, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday from a house at the Azimpur Government Staff Quarters. Lalbagh Police Station officer-in-charge Mohammad Azizur Rahman told bdnews24.com that they seized stamp seals of 17 ministers, 20 state ministers and three secretaries along with official pads of different ministries. "Shamim was the personal assistant of the Awami League MP Nasimul Alam Chowdhury from Comilla-8 constituency," he said. He was fired four months ago for forging the MP's signature, the OC added. Police say there are several complaints of forgery against Shamim. Shamim is from Boalganj under Kotwali upazila in Comilla. bdnews24.com/kt/trb/bd/1721h