Court Correspondent :
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka yesterday placed eight officials and employees of the Regent Group on two-day fresh remand each in a case filed on the charge of issuing fake Covid-19 documents and charging patients illegally for testing and treatment.
The accused are, Regent Group Project Officer Rakibul Islam Sumon, Human Resources Officer Amit Banik, Health Technologists Ahsan Habib Hasan and Hatim Ali, Administrative Officer Ahsan Habib, employee Abdur Rashid Khan Jewel and driver Abdus Salam and Regent Hospital Uttara Branch Managing
Director Md Mizanur Rahman. Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun Bhuiyan of the CMM Court passed the order after Senior Assistant SP Md Nazmul Haque of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Investigation Officer of the case produced them in his court with a five-day fresh remand prayer for the first seven accused and seven days’ remand for the last accused..
The remand prayer says that the first seven accused were earlier placed on a five-day remand each and they gave important information about issuing fake Covid-19 certificates. But they are required to be remanded to gather more information in this regard. However, on behalf of defence, separate petitions seeking bail along with cancellation of the remand prayer were submitted to the court.
Upon hearing both sides, the court turned down their bail petitions and issued remand order. Moreover, the court rejected the five-day remand prayer sought for seventeen-year-old Kamrul Islam, a receptionist of the group and sent him to Tongi Children Correction Centre.
Earlier on July 7, Inspector Zulhas Mia of RAB-1 filed the case with Uttara West Police Station against Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed, its MD Masud Parvez and 15 others. On the same day, RAB also arrested eight accused during a drive at Regent Hospital’s Uttara Branch.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka yesterday placed eight officials and employees of the Regent Group on two-day fresh remand each in a case filed on the charge of issuing fake Covid-19 documents and charging patients illegally for testing and treatment.
The accused are, Regent Group Project Officer Rakibul Islam Sumon, Human Resources Officer Amit Banik, Health Technologists Ahsan Habib Hasan and Hatim Ali, Administrative Officer Ahsan Habib, employee Abdur Rashid Khan Jewel and driver Abdus Salam and Regent Hospital Uttara Branch Managing
Director Md Mizanur Rahman. Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun Bhuiyan of the CMM Court passed the order after Senior Assistant SP Md Nazmul Haque of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Investigation Officer of the case produced them in his court with a five-day fresh remand prayer for the first seven accused and seven days’ remand for the last accused..
The remand prayer says that the first seven accused were earlier placed on a five-day remand each and they gave important information about issuing fake Covid-19 certificates. But they are required to be remanded to gather more information in this regard. However, on behalf of defence, separate petitions seeking bail along with cancellation of the remand prayer were submitted to the court.
Upon hearing both sides, the court turned down their bail petitions and issued remand order. Moreover, the court rejected the five-day remand prayer sought for seventeen-year-old Kamrul Islam, a receptionist of the group and sent him to Tongi Children Correction Centre.
Earlier on July 7, Inspector Zulhas Mia of RAB-1 filed the case with Uttara West Police Station against Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed, its MD Masud Parvez and 15 others. On the same day, RAB also arrested eight accused during a drive at Regent Hospital’s Uttara Branch.
