News Desk:
Dhaka court today has placed Md Abdur Razzak, chairman of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd, on a 5-day remand in a case filed on charges of supplying fake N95 masks to the Central Medical Store Depot (CMSD).

Judge KM Imrul Kayes of the Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the order after Nurul Huda, deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), produced him before the court with a 5-day remand prayer on Tuesday afternoon.

Earlier, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today arrested Abdur Razzak from the capital’s Shegunbagicha area over the allegations.

According to the case statement, JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd supplied 20, 610 pieces of fake N95 masks to CMSD in March, and the masks were later distributed to 10 organizations.

The ACC summoned Razzak to appear before it for interrogation over the allegations on July 1.