A Dhaka court has placed Regent Group's chairman Shahed Karim alias Md Shahed and managing director Masud Parvez on 10-day remand each in connection with cases filed over providing fake Covid-19 test reports and embezzlement of Tk 3.68 crore.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim passed the order on Thursday.
The court also allowed a 7-day remand for Tariqul Islam alias Tareque Shibli, the public relations officer of the Regent Group. On July 10, he was placed on a five-day remand which ended yesterday.
Earlier on Thursday, Detective Branch police inspector SM Gaffarul Alam, also the investigation officer of the case, produced them at the court with a 10-day remand prayer. Shahed and Masud's lawyer Md Nazmul Hossain also filed a bail petition along with remand rejection prayer before the court on the same day.
After hearing both parties, the court allowed 10-day remands for the trio.
RAB arrested Masud Parvez from Kapasia in Gazipur on Tuesday (July 14) evening. During preliminary interrogation, he gave information about the possible hideout of Shahed, revealed Director-General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun while briefing reporters at its headquarters on Wednesday (July 15) afternoon.
RAB DG said based on Masud's statement, the intelligence wing of RAB, with the help of RAB-6, conducted drives at frontiers of Satkhira on Tuesday night and arrested Shahed early Wednesday from Debhata while he was trying to flee to India.
Shahed was brought to Dhaka Wednesday morning.
RAB conducted a drive at another office of Shahed in Uttara at noon and recovered fake currency of Tk 1.46 lakh, he said.
On 7 July, RAB filed a case with Uttara Paschim Thana accusing Regent Hospital authorities of issuing fake coronavirus certificates. The lawsuit was filed against 17 people including Md Shahed, the chairman of Regent Group.
On July 9, Rapid Action Battalion in a raid arrested Tareq Shibli from a house in East Nakhalpara area.
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