A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-9) team recovered a huge quantity of stolen medicines from a residence in Bandher Bari area, adjacent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) yesterday noon.
Rab and police sources said, on secret information, a Rab team raided the house of Momtaz Uddin and recovered medicines including injection syringe, saline sets, surgical items, antibiotic injections and capsules worth Tk. one lakh. The medicines were stolen from the hospital, they said.
The Rab team also arrested Hanif Uddin, 40, the younger brother of Momtaz. He was taken to Rab office for interrogation and later handed over to Kotwali police.
During the raid, Director of MMCH Col Shahjahan, president and secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association local unit Dr. AFM Rafiqul Alam and Dr. Motiur Rahman Bhuiyan were present.
Contacted, the MMCH director told this correspondent that they have formed a five-member probe body headed by MMCH Assistant Director Dr. Shambhunath to investigate into alleged theft of medicines from the hospital.
Quoting sources he said Hanif Uddin is a flying medicine businessman in Charpara area in the district town.
A UNB report adds: Law enforcing agencies in separate drives arrested four people along with huge drugs in Dinajpur, Bhola and Khulna districts on Friday and Saturday.
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