The hearing on charge framing against Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin, Destiny 2000 President Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid, and 49 others in two money laundering cases filed concluded yesterday.
The cases were filed for their alleged involvement in swindling around Tk4,200 crore.
Judge Md Kamrul Islam Molla of Dhaka Senior Special Judge fixed February 11 to pass the order on the indictment.
On July 31,2012, the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases with Kalabagan police station in the capital against 22 Destiny officials on charge of laundering the money.
After running probe for nearly 22 months, 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. says the charge sheets
Five accused – Rafiqul, Mohammad Hossain, Didarul Alam, Ziaul Haque Mollah and Saidul Islam are now in jail while Harun-Ar-Rashid is on bail.
The remaining 46 accused are still on the run.
