DHAKA, Mar 6, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today placed former senior secretary of the ICT ministry NM Ziaul Alam on a two-day remand in a case lodged under cyber security act for allegedly selling citizens' national ID (NID) information.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand.

Police arrested Alam from Chattogram city's Panchlaish area on March 5.

One Shamimur Rahman filed the case with Kafrul Police Station on October 8, 2024.

According to the case documents, the accused gave permission to Digicon Global Services Limited for using NID information for commercial purpose. That company without ensuring the safety of the data, sold the information to 183 companies in home and abroad. They embezzled Taka around 20 thousand crore.