Regent Group chief's bank account frozen

Bangladesh Bank has frozen the bank account of Regent Group Chairman Md Sahed, who is an accused in a case filed for issuing fake COVID-19 certificates and other offenses.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) under the central bank on Thursday sent letter to all banks with this direction, sources in a BFIU confirmed.

The letter said all accounts in the names of Sahed and his interest-related person or establishment will remain frozen for next 30 days.

Earlier on Monday, RAB executive magistrate Sarwar Alam conducted a mobile court at Uttara and Mirpur branches of Regent Hospital.

In the drive, several allegations, including providing fake coronavirus report, charging Taka from patients in the name of coronavirus treatment, were found against the authorities.

On the following day, a case was lodged with Uttara West Police Station against the hospital chairman Sahed Karim and 16 others in this connection. 

Out of the accused, eight were arrested and the rest, including Sahed, remained on the run.