Fraud Joint Secretary Kasem retired

The government has retired Joint Secretary Abul Kasem Talukder, who is among five top bureaucrats who took to fraud to secure fake freedom-fighter credentials.
Public administration ministry's Senior Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury has confirmed bdnews24.com of the development.
An order to this end was issued Sunday but the matter was made public only  Wednesday.
The former joint secretary to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs had four more years of service.
He was made an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) -- a post that rarely gives opportunity for work -- after allegations of forgery in gold crests to honour Bangladesh's foreign friends during the Liberation War surfaced.