RAB has arrested Mohammad Shahed alias Shahed Karim, chairman of the Fugitive Regent Hospital, from Debhata border in Satkhira for a week in a case of fraud and forgery in the name of medical treatment.
Senior ASP Bazlur Rashid, commander of RAB-7's Satkhira camp, said he was arrested with a pistol from the banks of the Labangbati river in Komarpur village on the Debhata border around 5:30 am on Wednesday.
Lieutenant Colonel Ashiq Billah, director of the RAB’s law and media branch, said, “Shahed was trying to flee to India. And if it was a little late, he might not be found. He is being brought to Dhaka by helicopter. ”
Controversial businessman Shahed is the son of this Satkhira. He has been missing since the RAB raids on Regent Hospital and Regent Group headquarters in Uttara on July 6 and 7.
RAB raided the hospital after receiving allegations of cheating on the Covid-19 test report.
Sources said the license of this hospital also expired long ago.
The Uttara and Mirpur branches of the Regent Hospital were closed after receiving false reports of coronavirus tests and extortion of money from patients in the name of coronavirus treatment.
After the raid, news of various irregularities and corruption of Regent's owner Mohammad Shahed also started coming in the media. Information about how he was carrying out various misdeeds by showing his power as the joint editor of the ruling Awami League is also coming in the media now.
After the raid at the Regent’s Hospital, on July 8, RAB filed a case against 17 people, accusing Shahed of being the number one accused in the Uttara West police station. Saheed was also banned from leaving the country and his bank account was confiscated.
In that case, a total of eight people were arrested at that time and 9 people including Shahed were shown as fugitives. One of Saheed's associates, Masood Parvez, managing director of Regent Group, was arrested from Kapasia in Gazipur on Tuesday afternoon.