Regent group’s Shahed jailed for 3 years in graft case

A Dhaka court has sentenced Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim to three years in jail in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for amassing illegal wealth. 

Judge Prodip Kumar Roy of Dhaka Special Judge Court-7 on Monday passed the order fining him Tk 1 lakh. 

The anti-graft body on March 1 in 2021, filed the case for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 1.69 crore. Court framed charges against the sole accused on April 17, 2022, and initiated the trial.

A total of 10 witnesses testified in the case on different hearing dates.

On September 28, 2020, Shahed was sentenced to life in an arms case.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on July 6 of 2020 raided two hospitals of Regent Group in Uttara and Mirpur and arrested the eight for issuing fake corona test results and certificates by using forged serial number and signatures of concerned authorities, realizing illegal fees from the patients, running hospital business without having any proper approval, among other charges.

RAB, on the subsequent next day, filed a case against 17 including Regent Group chairman Md Shahed under sections 406/417/465/468/471/ and 269 of the penal code with Uttara West Police Station.

Shahed was arrested on July 15, 2020 from Satkhira.

The arms case was lodged against him by RAB after they conducted a raid in Shahed’s Uttara office and recovered illegal fire arms.