Shahed Karim alias Mohammad Shahed, the chairman of Regent Hospital, has been handed over to the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, director general of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), made the announcement during a press briefing at around 3pm on Wednesday.
He said as the DB was investigating the case, Shahed would be handed over to them.
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RAB sources said they had already started the handover process at the RAB Headquarters.
Earlier, RAB arrested Shahed for his alleged involvement in providing fake Covid-19 certificates and embezzling money from patients at the two branches of his hospital in Dhaka.
He was arrested from the border area of Debhata in Satkhira at around 5:10am on Wednesday.
