DHAKA, – Along with Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is carrying out a drive at city’s Uttara since this afternoon, report BSS.
The elite force started the drive at 12.15pm at 62 no ‘Cumilla multi-storey apartment’ of road no-20, sector-11 of Uttara here. RAB executive magistrate Sarwar Alam is leading the drive, said the RAB sources here today.
Prior to this, the elite force in an overnight drive arrested Mohammad Shahed, the prime accused in issuing fake COVID-19 (coronavirus) test report scam, from Satkhira frontier area early today.
“RAB in an overnight drive arrested Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed with an illegal arms from the bank of Labangaboti river frontier at Komorpur Village under Debhata Upazila of Satkhira at about 5 am,” RAB’s Media and legal Wing Director Lieutenant Colonel Ashique Billah told BSS this morning.
Mohammad Shahed was flown to Dhaka by a helicopter, he added.
He said, so far, a total of 11 out of 17 suspects were arrested in connection with the case filed by RAB with Uttara West Police Station on charges of COVID-19 (coronavirus) certificate forgery.
Earlier, the anti-crime elite force RAB in another drive last evening at a house in Kapasia of Gazipur nabbed Regent Group Managing Director Masud Parvez, a close aide of Regent Hospital owner Mohammad Shahed, over coronavirus test reports scam.
The accused were Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed, Managing Director Masud Parvez, Regent Hospital staff Tariqul Islam, Abdur Rashid Khan Jewel, Md Shimul Parvez, Dipayan Basu, IT Officer Mahbub, Saikat, Palash, Administrative Officer Ahsan Habib, Health Technician Md Ahsan Habib, Health Technologist Hatim Ali, Receiver Kamrul Islam, Regent Group Project Administrator Md Rakibul Islam, Regent Group Human Resources Officer Amit Banik, Regent Group Driver Abdus Salam, and Executive Officer Abdur Rashid Khan.
After being arrested by the RAB, Shahed was first flown to Dhaka old airport and then he was taken to RAB headquarters for interrogation, said Lieutenant Colonel Ashique Billah, Legal and Media wing Director, adding that the RAB is conducting operation at Uttara based on his statement.
On July 6, the RAB mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam conducted drive at Regent Hospital’s Uttara and Mirpur branch and unearthed fake corona diagnosis report and various irregularities including realization of huge money from the people in the name of fake COVID-19 treatment.
Then the RAB sealed off the Uttara and Mirpur branch of the hospital. The RAB members also have arrested eight in this connection. The investigation of the case filed against Shahed and other seventeen has been handed over to the DB police.
For further investigation, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has already issued letters to various organizations seeking information on corruption done by Shahed Karim.
