Shahed, four others indicted

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against five people, including Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed, in a case over Regent Hospital's fake Covid test scam, reports UNB.

The trial in the case began formally through framing of the charges.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohona Alamgir passed the order after rejecting an appeal for excluding the names of the accused from the charges.

The other accused are Dipayan Basu, 32, Anindya Dutta, 31, Masud Parvez, 40, and Md Mizanur Rahman, 39.