HC issues rule on JMI Chairman Abdur Razzk’s bail
Earlier, the ACC had filed a case against Abdur Razzak, former deputy director of Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD) Zakir Hossain Khan and seven others for allegedly supplying 20,000 fake N-95 masks to 10 hospitals.
The High Court has issued a rule upon the government to explain why the bail of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd's Chairman Md Abdur Razzak will not be cancelled in a case filed on charge of supplying fake N95 masks to the Central Medical Store Depot (CMSD).
The hearing on the rule will be held on 13 December.
Earlier on 15 October, Dhaka's Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court granted him the bail.
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Today, a virtual bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohail issued the rule after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a revision petition against the bail order.
Lawyer Mohammad Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC while Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik, Assistant Attorney General Mahjabin Rabbani Deepa and Anna Khanam Kali were on behalf of the state.
Lawyers MK Rahman and Abdur Razzak represented Abdur Razzak.
Earlier, the ACC had filed a case against Abdur Razzak, former deputy director of Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD) Zakir Hossain Khan and seven others for allegedly supplying 20,000 fake N-95 masks to 10 hospitals.
JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd was accused of supplying fake N-95 masks to several government hospitals, including Mugda General Hospital in the capital, through the CMSD towards the beginning of the pandemic.
A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking directions to investigate the scam and take action against those who were involved.
Later, the Ministry of Health formed a committee to investigate the incident.
Through two consignments, JMI supplied 20,600 pieces of masks to CMSD. An inspection of the CMSD revealed that the masks were not N-95 masks.
The then CMSD director Brig Gen Mohammad Shahidullah directed JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd to respond within 48 hours in this regard.
In response, the company said that the masks were in the 'development stage' and that they had been sent by mistake.
In a letter, MD Abdur Razzk said that considering the 'situation' of the country he would take the masks back and wanted to get rid of the liability for 'unintentional mistakes.'
However, many physicians were infected with coronavirus because of these low-quality masks and PPE. Later, the ACC also interrogated Abdur Razzak.
