Dhaka, Sept. 6 -- He submitted the application online with a birth registration certificate and Bangladeshi National Identity or NID card.

But his fingerprints matched with those of a Rohingya man in the database of the Myanmar refugees' biometric data stored by Bangladesh. That means he is a Rohingya.

The incident came to light on Aug 22.

Another person named Shafiqul Hye was arrested at the Chattogram Divisional Passport Office on Thursday.

He also submitted a nationality certificate and NID card to the passport office. But Shafiqul confessed to his Rohingya identity after the passport officials doubted him.

This is how the Rohingya refugees with false certificates are coming to make passports, according to officials.

They are obt...