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The Bangladeshi government is initiating stern measures against individuals who have fraudulently claimed freedom fighter status to secure government jobs and state privileges. Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan stated that processes are underway to take action against all fake freedom fighters and their beneficiaries.

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The government has initiated processes to take stern measures against all fake freedom fighters and their beneficiaries who have unlawfully received state privileges.

The issue was brought to light in parliament by NCP MP Akhter Hossen, who alleged that a significant number of people with fake freedom fighter credentials have infiltrated sensitive state institutions, including the administration, police, army, and judiciary. He warned that these individuals might be involved in conspiracies to restore "fallen fascist forces" to power.

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In his notice, Akhter said over the past one and a half decades, a large number of people who fraudulently obtained jobs under the freedom fighter quota had infiltrated sensitive state institutions, including the administration, police, army and judiciary.

Recent verification reports, including one from Prothom Alo, indicate that out of 90,527 individuals recruited under the freedom fighter quota, at least 8,000 cases showed evidence of fraud. Discrepancies are reportedly found in seven to eight out of every hundred individuals. MP Akhter Hossen cautioned that failing to dismiss and bring these individuals to justice could lead to the leakage of state secrets or even a coup, potentially rehabilitating anti-state elements.

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Serious discrepancies are being detected in the information of seven to eight out of every hundred individuals.

He urged the government to immediately dismiss all officials and employees found to have obtained jobs using fraudulent certificates. The government's announcement of strict action signals an effort to address these concerns and uphold the integrity of the freedom fighter quota system.

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Unless this fraudulent network, recruited during the authoritarian era, is immediately dismissed and brought to justice, it could leak state secrets or incite a civil-military or judicial coup similar to that of 1996, creating a major national crisis by rehabilitating the fallen fascist forces.