Bangladesh Hospital Owner Arrested for Issuing Thousands of Fake Covid-19 Test Results
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His arrest has thrown mild on a wide-ranging rip-off that has uncovered the darkish aspect of the well being sector of Bangladesh.
- IANS Dhaka
- Closing Up to date: July 18, 2020, 11:22 AM IST
A health center proprietor in Bangladesh has been arrested on fees of fraud to a music of about $350,000 for allegedly issuing 1000’s of faux Covid-19 take a look at effects to misinform other folks.
Mohammad Shahed, the health center proprietor, was once arrested on July 15, 9 days after he controlled to evade the government, when he was once looking to move a river to flee to India, dressed in a burqa — to cover himself from the general public and police, officers mentioned.
His arrest has thrown mild on a wide-ranging rip-off that has uncovered the darkish aspect of the well being sector of Bangladesh.
Shahed took benefit of the delays in take a look at result of coronavirus. The ones searching for checks have confronted irritating delays, with many pressured to attend in lengthy queues, on occasion in a single day. The brand new scandal may have an effect on public self assurance in checking out, and additional dissuade other folks from getting examined altogether.
A court docket in Dhaka on Thursday granted Shahed’s custody to police for 10 days.
Lt Col Ashique Billah, Director of Criminal and Media wing of Speedy Motion Battalion (RAB), the elite power of Bangladesh, in an unique interview with IANS on Friday night time, mentioned that Shahed is a ‘Cheat-Idol’, who had made dishonest an artwork, and has confessed to offering sufferers with faux detrimental take a look at effects for the novel coronavirus.
Q: What did Shahed say all over interrogation?
A: He has confessed to all his crimes.
Q: What crime did he devote, as in keeping with his confession?
A: He admitted that he made many faux stories with out checking out Covid-19. Shahed additionally confessed about charging other folks for Covid-19 remedies and offering the faux paperwork certifying they didn’t contract the coronavirus, even after agreeing with the federal government that he would supply the ones products and services totally free.
Q: When Shahed was once arrested, there was once raid at his place of job and pretend forex notes had been additionally discovered there. What’s his commentary on this regard?
A: According to the guidelines he equipped, we traced his secret hideout. A large number of faux notes had been discovered there. He used to present faux cash to people who offered items to him. He used to cover faux cash throughout the package deal of cash. He additionally offered counterfeit cash however the RAB has now not but discovered any proof of that.
But even so Shahed, the police additionally wondered JKG Healthcare leader government officer Ariful Chowdhury within the presence of his spouse, Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, additionally the chairperson of the corporate on Thursday, and quizzed either one of them.
Right through the preliminary investigation, it emerged that JKG swindled large amount of cash thru its telemedicine products and services. A probe could be introduced into the subject to find the place the cash has long past, a police officer instructed IANS.
Right through wondering, the couple confessed to issuing faux stories of coronavirus. However, they blamed every different for his or her fraudulent actions.
A Dhaka court docket on Friday despatched JKG Well being Care chairperson and doctor Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on 2-day contemporary remand.
Sabrina was once arrested on July 12.
She was once additionally suspended from her publish as a health care provider at Nationwide Institute of Cardiovascular Illnesses.
Cops mentioned Sabrina blamed her husband. Additionally, she claimed that she has divorced her husband, and that she handiest served as a volunteer at JKG Well being Care.
