A Dhaka court today sent JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd Chairman Abdur Razzak to jail in a case lodged over supplying fake N-95 masks for the use of healthcare professionals.
Rejecting his bail petition after the conclusion of his 5-day remand, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate KM Imrul Kayes sent him to jail on Thursday.
The ACC on September 29 arrested JMI Chairman Abdur Razzak. An ACC team led by its Director Mir Zoynul Abedin Shibly arrested Razzak was from Segunbagicha area of the capital.
Later in the day, a Dhaka court placed him on a 5-day remand over the allegations of supplying fake N-95 masks, which ended today (Thursday).
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 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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