A Dhaka court on Monday granted 5-day remand of Safiul Islam Palash, proprietor of Islam Trading International, in connection with the Destiny Group money laundering case.
After hearing a petition seeking 10 days remand against Saiful filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) deputy director Mozahar Ali Sarder, who is the case investigation officer (IO), Metropolitan Magistrate Md Atiqur Rahman passed the order.
In his remand prayer, the ACC deputy director said Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society embezzled Tk410m through Saiful.
He said the company’s treasurer mentioned Saiful’s name while in remand.
Saiful allegedly did not taking permission from Bangladesh Bank (BB) before sending money abroad to purchase equipment, train cabin crew and pay the salaries of foreign pilots. The IO said Saiful needed to be interrogated, as it was necessary to obtain information regarding the money laundered from him.
On the other hand, the defence for the accused Kazi Nazibullah Hiru filed a bail petition and a remand rejection prayer saying Saiful was not a listed accused in the FIR related to the case.
Kazi Nazibullah said Saiful is “innocent” because the chief accused, Mohammad Ruhul Amin did not mention Saiful’s name in his confessional statement, and therefore Saiful was not involved in the alleged crime.
On July 31, the ACC filed two cases against Destiny Group’s top management including the managing director Mohammad Rafiqul Amin and director Lt Gen (Retd) M Harun-ur-Rashid claiming the company laundered Tk32.85bn by cheating investors.