A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Milton Samaddar, chairman of Child & Old Age Care, on a three-day remand in a case over alleged death certificate forgery.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order when sub-inspector of Mirpur zonal team Mirpur and also investigating officer of the case and Mohammad Kamal Hossain produced him before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.
Md Wahiduzzaman Biplab, a counsel of Milton, filed a bail petition and sought cancellation of remand.
According to the remand prayer, Milton provided 50 fake death certificates through fraudulence. Milton, who used to identify himself as a physician, gave shelter to elderly persons, children and people with disability in his health care center named Child & Old Age Care.
The remand was sought to investigate whether he had any certificate of physician he was involved in killing people or torturing them physically and mentally in the name of providing treatment and whether he was involved in organ smuggling, it said.
Detectives on Wednesday arrested Milton from the city’s Mirpur area.
The report claimed that Samaddar, who had been recognised for his public service through various awards, was allegedly involved in significant wrongdoing. While his social media profile publicized his work in building an old age home for the helpless and providing shelter to the homeless, more sinister allegations have surfaced.
Allegations include the illegal trade of human organs, specifically pointing to the cutting and selling of kidneys.
The revelations led to individuals speaking out and a flurry of discussions on social media, culminating in Samaddar's detainment.
Mohammad Kamal Pasha, sub-inspector of DB of Mirpur division, filed the case with Mirpur Police Station on Thursday morning.