Regent Hospital : DGHS ex-DG Azad gets permanent bail
PBC News: A court in Dhaka on Sunday granted permanent bail to former director-general of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad in a graft case.
After hearing on the bail petition filed by Azad’s lawyer, Dhaka Senior Special Judge’s Court Judge KM Emrul Kayesh passed the order.
Julfiker Ali, an official of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), confirmed this.
On September 29, last year, the case investigation officer Md Farid Ahmed Patwary, deputy director of ACC submitted the chargesheet of the case against Azad and five others.
Five other accused are – Regent Hospital chairman Shahed Karim, former director (Hospitals and Clinics) Dr Aminul Hasan; Deputy Director (Hospital-1) Dr Md Younus Ali; Assistant Director (Hospital-1) Dr Md Shafiur Rahman and Research Officer Dr Md Didarul Islam.
Farid Ahmed Patwary filed the case accusing that the accused embezzled government funds in the name of coronavirus sample collection and treatment of the patient.
The accused transformed Regent Hospital into a dedicated COVID-19 Hospital without renewing its license and abused their power as they wanted to benefit by illegal means, according to the case statement.
