Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday asked Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to submit probe report in a case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and 16 others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and charging patients illegally for testing and treatment of Corona by February 22.
Magistrate Mohammad Jasim of the CMM Court of Dhaka passed the order after Senior ASP of RAB Md Nazmul Haque, who is also Investigation Officer of the case, could not submit the report on Tuesday. Several law enforcement agencies, including RAB, so far took five dates to complete investigation into the case.
Eleven of the accused, including Shahed and Regent’s Managing Director Masud Parvez were arrested and are now in the jail. They were placed on remand for different durations in the case.
On July 6, last year, RAB arrested eight staffers during a drive at Uttara branch of Regent hospital.
The next day, Inspector Zulhas Mia of RAB-1 filed the case with Uttara West Police Station against Shahed, Masud Parvez and 15 others.
Shahed was arrested on July 15 from Satkhira when he was attempting to leave the country by a boat, while Parvez was arrested from Gazipur on July 14 last year.
On September 28, Shahed was convicted for life in an arms case.
