Dhaka, April 6 -- Liberation War Affairs Adviser Farooq-e-Azam Bir Pratik has disclosed that the government has received complaints about nearly 90,000 individuals suspected of being fake freedom fighters. Of these, data for 40,000 have already been processed, and verification is ongoing for the remaining 50,000.
In an exclusive interview with the state news agency BSS, marking Independence and National Day, the adviser said the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs is thoroughly scrutinizing the entries and is urging those falsely listed as freedom fighters to voluntarily withdraw their names from the official gazette.
"We encourage fake freedom fighters to come forward and voluntarily remove their names from the gazette. No punitive action...