The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started interrogating Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim on his third day in remand.
ACC Deputy Assistant Director Mohammad Shahjahan Miraj, who is investigating the case, started questioning him at the ACC head office from 10am on Wednesday.
ACC Public Relations (Director) Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya confirmed the matter.
Shahed is currently serving a seven-day remand, facing interrogation over a case filed against him for embezzling money from Padma Bank as well as other corruption cases.
On Monday – his first day in remand – he interrupted interrogation complaining of chest pain, and demanded a transfer to a hospital on an emergency basis to receive treatment.
As a result, the ACC had to take him to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital for treatment on Tuesday morning even though Shahed was supposed to be under interrogation at the time.
Several tests including diabetes test, blood test, ECG, X-ray, and pressure check found no physical problems with Shahed, said an ACC official. He was subsequently discharged from the hospital.
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Shahed is accused of embezzling government funds, evading income tax, embezzling crores of rupees in bank loans under fake names and identities, and gaining huge illicit wealth through fraud and deception.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested him on July 15 on the bank of Labangaboti canal at a village in Satkhira’s Debhata upazila.
On July 6, RAB raided the Regent Hospital branches on allegations of issuing fake Covid-19 certificates, as well as charging exorbitant fees for Covid-19 testing and treatment of patients in violation with an agreement with the government’s health department.
RAB found evidence of at least 6,000 fake Covid-19 test certificates during the raids.
The next day, RAB filed a case against 17 people, including Shahed, with Uttara West police station. Later, ten other people were also arrested.