NID mentions Venezuela as birthplace of 12 Moulvibazar residents

The national identity card (NID) of at least 12 permanent residents of the Moulvibazar district mentioned their birthplace as Venezuela.

The mistake occurred after these NID holders living in the country or outside as expatriates submitted their cards to district and Upazila election offices for correction of some previous mistakes, reports UNB.

 “I was born in Moulvibazar but now I have become a citizen of Venezuela, a country I didn’t know existed until now. My children are making fun of the fact that their mother has become an American citizen!,`` Romana Begum from Talimpur village of Baralekha Upazila told the UNB reporter on Sunday. 

Romana said her second name was mistaken as Akter in the NID so she submitted an application in May to fix it instead she now received the card with a more serious mistake.

ASM Sadikur Rahman, Upazila Election Officer of Baralekha Upazila said, “ The mistake occurred due to a glitch in the central server of the Election Commission. EC has been informed about this situation.”

According to the district election office the same kind of mistakes occurred in recently issued NIDs of several districts including Sunamganj, and Moulvibazar in the country due to the technical glitch in the EC server. EC is trying to resolve the issue.