The operator of two hospitals in Bangladesh that issued thousands of faux coronavirus examination outcomes has been arrested as he attempted to flee the place, officials have stated.

Mohammed Shahed, a member of the country’s governing celebration who regularly appeared on Tv set speak shows, was putting on a burka when he was arrested on Wednesday by the police’s elite Rapid Action Battalion right after a nine-day manhunt.

Shahed, who is chairman of the Regent Team and operator of two Regent hospitals in the capital Dhaka, was caught near the Indian border with a pistol.

Abdul Baten, a commissioner of the detective branch in Dhaka, claimed Shahed admitted following his arrest that his hospitals did not have proper tools to conduct coronavirus checks.

A court docket has authorized investigators to preserve Shahed in custody for 10 times for questioning on Thursday.

Officers said the hospitals had issued much more than 10,000 coronavirus check final results and about 60% ended up fake even while people ended up charged for them.

The hospitals allegedly organized for the remaining exams to be carried out by an additional clinic.

The two hospitals experienced not renewed their medical licences for decades.

Nevertheless, the country’s ministry of wellbeing nevertheless signed a deal with Shahed to dedicate the hospitals to coronavirus screening and treatment as the amount of conditions rose in Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh was nearing 200,000 verified coronavirus situations on Thursday, which includes 2,496 fatalities.

Public health industry experts say the precise range is a great deal better simply because only about 70 testing services are accessible in the country of 160 million individuals.

Shahed belongs to the governing Awami League social gathering headed by Primary Minister Sheikh Hasina and is a member of its overseas affairs subcommittee.

He has extra than 50 unlawful cases pending from him throughout the state on a variety of fees such as forgery and dishonest.