A 15-year-old Rohingya girl was held at Chattogram passport office while applying for a Bangladeshi passport with a fake identity, reports UNB.
Juraira Bibi, daughter of Mostaq Ahmed, was caught after her fingerprint was scanned.
She was detained by the officials of Mansurabad passport office on Monday afternoon and later handed over to Double Mooring police station.
Confirming the matter, assistant director of Chattogram Divisional Passport and Visa Office, Mahmudul Haque said, the accused submitted her passport application under the name Zobaida Khanam showing the address of Salimpur in Sitakunda. Officers there doubted her identity.
Later, her fingerprints showed that she was Juraira Bibi and registered as a resident of the Rohingya camp, he said.