A Dhaka court on Wednesday put CEO of JKG Healthcare Shafikul Islam on two-day remand in a case lodged over issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam passed the order as Investigation officer (IO) and detective branch inspector Liyakat Ali produced the accused before the court and sought a three-day remand.
The same court also sent Jebun Nesa Rima, on whose name the trade licence of JKG Healthcare was made, to jail in the same case.
Earlier the detective branch of police arrested the duo on July 21.
JKG Healthcare run by Ariful Haque Chowdhury and his wife Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, was realizing money from the suspected patients for coronavirus test, whereas the company had inked a deal with the government to conduct the test free.
The fraud company was even faking the signatures and seals of government agencies in making forged coronavirus test reports, while throwing away the samples taken from suspected patients.
A victim, Kamal Hossain, lodged the case against them last month with Tejgaon police station.
Apart from Shafiqul Islam and Rima, Ariful, Sabrina, Biplob Das, Mamunur Rashid, Humayun Kabir Himu, Tanjila Patwari and Sadi Chowdhury are now behind bars in the case.
