Regent Hospital MD, 15 others sued over fake COVID-19 reports

A case was filed against 16 people including the managing director and chairman of Regent Hospital for their alleged involvement in issuing fake COVID-19 test certificates, reports news agency UNB.

Rapid Action Battalion’s inspector Faisal filed the case with Uttara West police station on Tuesday night, officer-in-charge of the police station, Tapan Chandra Saha told UNB on Wednesday.

Earlier, RAB sealed off the head office of Regent Group and its hospital in the city’s Uttara after they were found involved in issuing fake COVID-19 test certificates and collecting money from COVID-19 patients.

A mobile court of the elite force conducted drives at the head office of the group and the Uttara branch of its hospital separately on Tuesday afternoon.

On Monday, RAB also conducted separate drives at the Uttara and Mirpur branches of Regent Hospital and arrested eight people for issuing fake COVID-19 test certificates and collecting money from COVID-19 patients.