Regent Group Chairman Shahed put on 6-day remand again

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TBS Report
26 August, 2020, 01:45 pm
Last modified: 26 August, 2020, 02:22 pm
Two courts in Dhaka and Shatkhira have placed Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim on a 38-day remand in five cases

A court today placed Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim on a 6-day remand in a fraud case.

He was produced before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in the case filed at the capital's Pallabi police station.

Earlier, two courts in Dhaka and Shatkhira have placed Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim on a 38-day remand in five cases.

Later, court granted 28 days of remands (seven days in each of four cases) after police produced him before the court after the completion of a 10-day remand on Sunday, Assistant Public Prosecutor Hemayet Uddin Khan told the media.  

On July 15, a team of the Rab arrested Shahed from Debhata upazila in Satkhira. After his arrest, at least 20 cases have been filed against him with different police stations in Dhaka. Most of these cases have been filed in connection with his fraudulent activities.

On June 6, RAB raided the Uttara and Mirpur branches of the Regent Hospital on complaints of faking Covid-19 test and embezzlement.

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