A Dhaka court has ordered the arrest of Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed in two cases filed by a construction material supplier.
Shahed, wanted for the fake Covid-19 test report scam, stands accused of embezzling Tk3.68 crore in the cases filed by Md Saifullah Masud, who owns a business of construction materials at Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mainul Islam issued the warrants on Monday, when it ordered the police to update the court over executing it by August 13.
According to the case details, Masud supplied iron rods and cements worth Tk1 crore to Shahed in 2018.
Shahed paid for the construction materials through four bank cheques, but asked Masud to notify him before cashing them.
Masud claimed when he requested Shahed to clear the dues on June 25 this year, he was threatened with ‘dire consequences’.
The second case filed by Masud alleged Shahed of refusing to pay for Tk 2.68 crore worth materials supplied to him.
Shahed has been absconding since July 6 when the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sealed of the offices of Regent Group and the Uttara, Mirpur branches of Regent Hospital for issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.
The hospital was also charging for tests and treating patients with Covid-19 violating ab agreement it signed with the government’s health directorate.
