Six of a pvt clinic arrested while luring patients

Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday arrested four brokers along with the owner and the manager of an 'illegal' mental clinic on charge of misleading the patients coming to Pabna Mental Hospital.
The arrestees are Motiur Rahman, Fakrul Hasan and Bazlu Sheikh of village Hemayetpur, Omar Ali of village Kismatpratappur, Mojibar Rahman of village Chatiani and Majnu Pramanik of village Chatiani in Pabna Sadar upazila.
Motiur Rahman is the owner of 'Rudra Mental Clinic' situated near Pabna Mental Hospital, Fakrul Hassan is manager of the clinic while the four others are brokers engaged in trapping patients coming to Pabna Mental Hospital to divert them to the private mental clinic.
As a mobile court led by Additional Deputy Magistrate (ADM) Md Emam Uddin Kabir along with DB policemen went to Pabna Mental Hospital premises under the guise of patients, Bazlu, Omar, Mojibar and Majnu insisted that they go to nearby Rudra Mental Clinic for 'better treatment'.
The team members then went to the clinic and arrested the four brokers, the owner and the manager.
The arrestees were handed over to Pabna Sadar Police Station.
“After being sure that the brokers were misleading the patients we arrested them along with the clinic owner and the manager,” said the acting officer-in -charge of Pabna DB police.
Mental patients coming from different places of the country are often misled and cheated as brokers allure them to get admitted to a few illegal mental clinics set up around Pabna Mental Hospital, the only specialised mental hospital in the country.
“Four mental clinics are running without permission. They do not have any specialist doctors. Mental patients are often cheated by them. Earlier law and order meeting of the district administration took decision to stop activities of the illegal mental clinics,” said Pabna ADM Md Emam Uddin Kabir.