2 held with 53,100 fake NID cards in city

Police held two people with 53,100 fake National Identity (NID) cards in East Dholaipar area under Kadamtali police station in the city on Friday afternoon. The arrestees were identified as Aminul Islam, 23, and Toufiq Islam, 25. Tipped off that the duo went to a departmental store at 175/A, East Dholaipar to sell counterfeit NID cards, to be used in buying mobile phone SIM (Subscriber identity module) cards under fake names, a team of police raided the spot and arrested Amin and Toufiq along with 53,100 pieces of fake NID cards around 1:00 pm, said Shaheen, sub-inspector of Kadamtali Police Station, according to UNB.