A Dhaka court has scrapped a bail plea of JKG Healthcare Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury in a case filed on charge of issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh passed the order after hearing the bail petition on Monday.
Earlier, Liakat Ali, investigation officer of the case, pressed charges against eight people including her on August 5 last year.
The rest accused are– Sabrina’s husband and JKG CEO Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Humayun Kabir Himu, Tanjila Patwari, Biplob Das, Shafikul Islam Romeo and Jebunnesa.
The court on August 20 indicted all eight accused after Liakat, also an inspector of Detective Branch (DB) of police, in the charge-sheet accused Sabrina and Ariful of being the masterminds behind the scam and the others as their cohorts.
One Kamal Hossain filed the case with Tejgaon police station on June 15 for issuing fake Covid-19 test reports.
JKG Healthcare run by Ariful and his wife Dr Sabrina, was realising money from the suspected patients for coronavirus test, whereas the company had inked a deal with the government to conduct the test free of cost.
