The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against a lab technologist of Khulna General Hospital for embezzling Tk 2.58 crore collected from Covid-19 tests. Khandaker Kamruzzaman, deputy assistant director of  Khulna district office of ACC, filed the case, said its Deputy Director (Public Relations) Muhammad Arif Sadeq. Read: Khulna Hospital technologist decamps with Tk 2.5 crore Covid test fees According to the case, Prakash was in charge of collecting the fees for Covid-19 tests from the people going abroad. From July, 2020 to July, 2021, he collected a total of Tk 4.24 crore Of this, he deposited Tk 1.66 crore to the government treasury and embezzled the remaining Tk 2.57 crore . He had been manipulating a number of people taking the tests since July 2 in 2020 to gain illegal financial benefits, according to the allegation. Later a five-member inquiry committee was formed headed by Khulna General Hospital Civil Surgeon and Supervisor Dr Niaz Mohammad. Read:Man to die for killing wife in Khulna According to the inquiry report, the amount deposited was over Tk 2.57 crore  less than the amount that was supposed to be received. Later, an explanation was sought from him on 22nd  September and he promised to provide it the following day. Since then he has been missing. Immediately after this, a general diary (GD) was filed from Khulna Civil Surgeon's Office at Khulna Police Station on September 28. Preliminary evidence of embezzlement against Prakash Kumar Das was found.

A policeman, who was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 infection at Khulna General Hospital, died on Wednesday, officials said Thursday. Mohammad Azizur Rahman was working with the Khulna Court police as a constable. Mohammad Mahbub Hasan, superintendent of Khulna Police, said that Azizur tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday after exhibiting symptoms like fever and cough for a couple of days. Also read: Khulna sees record 28 deaths in a single day On Wednesday, Azizur's condition worsened and he was brought to Khulna General Hospital from Paikgachha upazila, where he died in the afternoon. The body of the policeman has been handed over to his family members in Tala upazila of Satkhira district, the SP said. With the death of Azizur, the number of fatalities in the district has now risen to 97. Covid-19 continues to choke lives out of the residents of Khulna as 36 people died in the division in the past 24 hours, the highest in the country, officials said Wednesday. At Khulna General Hospital, some 156 patients are currently undergoing treatment at the corona unit. Also read: Khulna set to go under 7-day strict lockdown from June 22 Of them, 98 people are getting treatment in the red zone of the hospital, 22 in the yellow zone, 20 in ICU (intensive care unit), and 16 in HDU (high deficiency unit), hospital sources said.