DHAKA: The case file of JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury has been handed over to the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) for investigation.
Tejgaon police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Salauddin confirmed the matter to Banglanews on Tuesday (July 14).
He said: “The case was filed with this police station. It was handed over to the Detective Branch for further investigation.”
On Monday (July 13), A Dhaka court placed Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury on a three-day remand in a case filed over issuing fake coronavirus test certificates and charging patients for those.
Meanwhile, all personal and institutional bank accounts of Dr Sabrina was also frozen by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on that day.
Police arrested Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, wife of JKG Health Care’s CEO Arif Chowdhury, following an interrogation at the office of Tejgaon deputy commissioner of DMP on Sunday (July 12).
Later in the day, she was also suspended from his post as a physician at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, said an order signed by Md Abdul Mannan, secretary of Health Service Division under Health Ministry.
Earlier on June 23, Tejgaon police detained six people including Arif over allegations of issuing fake coronavirus certificates and collecting money from patients.
According to allegations, JKG Health care charged Tk 5000 from Bangladeshi patients and USD 100 from foreign nationals for each Covid-19 test certificates.❑
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