Shahed Karim alias Mohammad Shahed, chairman of Regent Group and Regent Hospital, accused of various frauds, including embezzlement of fake reports of widely discussed corona test, has been arrested.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the fraudster with illegal weapons from the border area of Lobangbati river in Komarpur village of Debhata upazila of Satkhira on Wednesday morning.

RAB Additional Director General Colonel Tofail Mostafa Sarwar confirmed this information to The Daily Samakal.

Shahed was brought to Dhaka by helicopter, said the RAB official.

Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed has been on the run after the law enforcers raided the Mirpur and Uttara branches of Regent Hospital on July 6 on charge of issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and charging the admitted patients  exorbitant fees.

The head office of Regent group along with the both hospitals was sealed off and 16 people, including the chairman, were sued on charge of issuing fake coronavirus test reports.

Besides, a case was filed against Shahed on July 14 on charge of embezzling more than Tk 91 lakh from a transport exporter in Chattogram.