Technologist held for giving fake Covid-19 certificates in Kushtia

Detectives claimed to have arrested a medical technologist of Kushtia's Mirpur Upazila Health Complex for providing fake coronavirus certificates.

The arrestee is Mahfuzur Rahman, police said.

He was held during a raid conducted by Detective Branch of police on Wednesday afternoon. Detectives also seized a hard disk and pen drive, containing fake certificates, from Mahfuzur's office room.

Kushtia Civil Surgeon HM Anwarul Islam filed a case with Mirpur Police Station against him.

Mahfuzur was following the format of Kushtia Medical College Hospital's PCR lab certificate and used his own seal on it, he said.

During interrogation, he admitted to his crime, said DB's Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam.

The OC said the arrestee was issuing such certificates not only to people in Kushtia, but also many other districts. In most cases, he used to issue coronavirus negative certificates, the OC added.

He used to give the fake certificates to government and non-government employees and charged around Tk 2,000 to Tk 25,000 per certificate, the police official said.

Civil Surgeon Anwarul has informed higher authorities about the matter and the next step would be taken as per their instruction, he added.