<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A Dhaka court today, July 19, sentenced eight people, including JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment each in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The other convicts are Sabrina's husband and JKG Chief Executive Officer Ariful Chowdhury, Executive Officer Shafiqul Islam, graphic designer Humayun Kabir Himu and four other employees – Himu's wife Tanzina Patwary, Jebunnesa Rima, Sayeed Chowdhury and Biplob Das.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain handed down the sentence in presence of the convicts at a packed courtroom.</div><div><br></div><div>In the judgment, the magistrate said the prosecution was able to prove the charges brought against all the accused of issuing fake Covid-19 certificates to the complainant beyond doubt and thus were given the punishment.</div><div><br></div><div>The magistrate also fined them Tk 11,000 each, in default of which they will have to suffer 11 months more in jail.</div><div><br></div><div>In the judgment, the magistrate said the time that the convicts have already spent in jail will be deducted from their sentence.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>