ACC files case against 5 including Regent Group chairman Shahed

Anti-Corruption Commission today filed a case accusing five people including Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

According to the case statement, the accused converted Regent Hospital which had earlier been shut down into a dedicated Covid-19 Hospital without renewing its license. They abused power to benefit by illegal means.

ACC Deputy Director Md Farid Ahmed Patwary filed the case after ACC completed an investigation and gave approval to file a case against Shahed and four others.

Shahed was made the prime accused in the case. The other accused are former director of DGHS Dr Md Aminul Hasan, deputy director of DGHS Md Yunus Ali, Assistant Director of DGHS (hospital-1) Dr Shafiur Rahman, and research officer of DGHS Dr Md Didarul Islam.

According to the case statement, the accused converted Regent Hospital which had shut down into a dedicated Covid-19 Hospital without renewing its license and abused their power as they wanted benefit by illegal means.

They embezzled over Tk 1.37 crore over testing samples of Covid-19 patients in a government-run lab Nipsom, the statement said.