Seven hospital brokers held in raid at Brahmanbaria General Hospital, five jailed

Members of the Special Response Battalion have detained seven members of a broker gang at Brahmanbaria General Hospital. They were detained from inside the hospital on Thursday morning, November 12.

A mobile court later sentenced five of the detainees to jail terms of varying lengths and fined two others.

The detainees are Antar Mia, Jalal Mia, Mamun Mia, Nargis Akter, Sabbir Mia, Taif Islam and Shipon Mia.

Members of the district administration and the Special Response Battalion carried out a joint raid on Thursday morning at the hospital's emergency and outpatient departments, during which the seven gang members were detained.

The mobile court fined Shipon Mia Tk 2,000 and Nargis Akter Tk 3,000. The executive magistrate sentenced the remaining five to jail terms of varying lengths.

Md Nurnabi, commander of the SRB-9 Brahmanbaria camp, said the raid at the hospital was conducted on the basis of secret information.

Commander Md Nurnabi added that action will also be taken against those who patronise these brokers.