A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed May 12 for pronouncing judgement against Destiny Group Managing Director Rafi Amin, Destiny 2000 President Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid, and 45 others in a laundering case filed allegedly for swindling around Tk4,200 crore.
Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Fourth Special Judge's Court of Dhaka set the date as both prosecution and defence concluded their arguments in the case.
Earlier, the court recorded the statements of 202, out of 303, prosecution witnesses.
Destiny Group MD Rafiqul and five others, now in jail, were produced before the court. Destiny-2000 President and former army chief Lt Gen (retd) Harun and two others now on bail were also present at the dock.
Rafiqul's wife Farah Diba and 36 others are now absconding in the case.
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In July 2012, the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases with Kalabagan police station in the capital against 22 Destiny officials on the charge of laundering the money.
Two ACC investigators -- Mozahar Ali Sarder and Tawfiqul Islam -- submitted the charge sheets against 51 Destiny officials on May 4, 2014.
According to the charge sheets, the accused misappropriated about Tk4,200 crore through its tree plantation project and the cooperative firm, and laundered money abroad.
The accused embezzled the money in the name of paying salaries, honorarium, commission, incentives and promotional costs. They transferred the money to their bank accounts and those of the group’s 20 companies.
The other accused Destiny Director Mohammad Hossain, officials Gofranul Huq, Sayed-ur Rahman, Mejbah Uddin Swapan, Syed Sazzad Hossain, Irfan Ahmed Sunny, Farha Diba, Jamshed Ara Chowdhury, Sheikh Tayebur Rahman, Nepal Chandra Biswas, Zakir Hossain, Azad Rahman, Akbar Hossain Sumon, Shirin Akhter, Lt Col (retd) Didarul Alam, Rafiqul Islam Sarkar, Majibur Rahman, Sumon Ali Khan, Saidul Islam Khan Rubel and Abul Kalam Azad.