4 detained over selling fake Covid-19 certificates remanded

A court in Dhaka granted three days remand each for the four members of a fraud ring who were detained for allegedly selling fake Covid-19 certificates.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas passed the order following a hearing in this regard on Tuesday (June 16).

Those placed on remand are Fazal Haque, 40, Sharif Hossain, 32, Jamshed, 30, and Liakat Ali, 43.

Earlier, Sub-Inspector of Mugda Police Station Foisal Munshi, also the investigation officer of incident, produced the accused before the court with a seven-day remand prayer for each.

The members of Rapid Action Battalion detained the four members of a fraud ring for allegedly selling fake Covid-19 certificates in Dhaka’s Mugda area around 4:30 pm on Monday (June 15).

The elite force, in the course of its drive, also seized several fake Covid-19 certificates and equipment used for manufacturing the certificates.


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