Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed has been placed on a six-day remand in a case filed on the charges of not paying house rent amounting to Taka 45 lakh.

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Masud-Ur- Rahman passed the order when he was produced before the court on Wednesday.

Sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station Md Farukuzzaman Mollick, the investigation officer of the case, sought remand for 10 days.

Firoz Alam Chowdhury, a house owner, filed the case against Shahed on July 13 with Pallabi Police Station accusing him of not paying Tk 45 lakh rent.

According to the case, Shahed rented four floors measuring 16,148 square feet on May 8, 2016 for his “Regent Hospital Ltd” in Pallabi area. The house rent was fixed at Tk 2.5 lakh per month.

But Shahed did not pay the rent from May 8, 2016 to March 12, 2020 and the outstanding amount is now over Tk 45 lakh.