The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday grilled JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd Chairman Abdur Razzak over allegations of supplying fake N-95 Masks for the use of healthcare professionals.
Deputy director of the ACC Md Nurul Huda started questioning him from 11.30am today at the ACC headquarters and expected to end the interrogation at 4pm.
ACC Director (public relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya confirmed the development to The Business Post.
"The arrestee is now under interrogation of the ACC led by Deputy Director Md Nurul Huda. The interrogation began at 11.30am and will continue until 4pm today. The ACC so far extracted valuable information from him which will not be disclosed to the public right now for the sake of the ongoing investigation as many 'big fish' are involved with the scam," he said.
Earlier, a Dhaka court on September 29 placed JMI Chairman Abdur Razzak on a 5-day remand over the allegations of supplying fake N-95 masks.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate KM Imrul Kayes passed the order after hearing from ACC Deputy Director Nurul Huda who is also the investigation officer of the case.
Earlier in the day, the ACC arrested Abdur Razzak. An ACC team led by its Director Mir Zoynul Abedin Shibly arrested Razzak was from Segunbagicha area of the capital.
Earlier ACC grilled him over the supply of 20,000 fake N-95 masks to 10 hospitals which were exposed by the directors of those hospitals as they expressed grievance over the masks that exposed serious health hazards.
Additionally, ACC filed a case against 7 people including Abdur Razzak and six others on the allegations of embezzling money over the supply of the fake N-95 masks.
Since June 10, the ACC has investigated the allegations of embezzling cores of money and acquiring illegal wealth by the officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD) and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) by supplying fake masks, downgraded PPE and other gadgets in hospitals.
The ACC on August 12 and 13 also interrogated former director-general of DGHS Dr Abul Kalam Azad over various corruption allegations including acquiring illegal wealth and purchasing lower grade PPE and other healthcare gadgets.
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